Although demographic change leaves pay-as-you-go pension systems unsustainable, reforms, such as a higher pension age, are highly unpopular. This contribution looks into the role of intrinsic motivation as a driver for pension reform acceptance. Theoretical reasoning suggests that this driver...

The pension reforms of the years 2000 until 2007 were supposed to attenuate the foreseeable effects of demographic change on the pension system. This is why the retirement age was raised, the pension level was lowered and a so-called sustainability factor ("Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor") was introduced...

Mit den Rentenreformen der Jahre 2000 bis 2007 sollten die voraussehbaren Wirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf das Rentensystem bewältigt werden. Daher wurden das Rentenalter heraufgesetzt, das Rentenniveau gesenkt und ein so genannter Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor in die Rentenformel eingefügt....

"This book examines the growth of careers outside a traditional standard employment pattern and how those in "atypical jobs" will fare in retirement, analyzing how the interplay between labor market reforms/trends and pension reforms will affect income security in old age during future decades"--