In der Arbeit werden verschiedene prominente Reformvorschläge zur Alterssicherung in Deutschland dargestellt und systematisch miteinander verglichen. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob die sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten abzeichnenden Veränderungen in den gesellschaftlichen und...

This paper studies actuarial neutrality in the Austrian pension system. It is often argued that actuarial neutrality constitutes an incentive for people to retire. We show that there are almost no financial incentives within the Austrian pension corridor when we use the traditional definition of...

The current generation of pensioners has, in general, been better served by the UK's mix of state and private pension provision than earlier generations were. Pensioners today have disposable incomes - once you take account of housing costs and children - that on average are similar to those...