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This paper describes the German pension reform process 1992-2007 with a stress on a remark-able development: the public pay-as-you-go-financed pension system has almost silently moved from a traditional defined benefit system to a system which works in many respects like a defined contribution...
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We present a quantitative analysis of the effects of population aging and pension reform on international capital markets. First, demographic change alters the time path of aggregate savings within each country. Second, this process may be amplified when a pension reform shifts old-age provision...
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Germany is not a country of stock holders – but this may change. This paper analyses the main trends in stockholding – either directly or indirectly through mutual funds and other managed investment accounts – among German households. We find a significant shift towards...
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Auch nach der Rentenreform 2001 wird das Alterseinkommen im wesentlichen von der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung nach dem Umlageverfahren getragen werden. Die weiterhin unterschätzte Alterung der Bevölkerung und die weiterhin bestehenden Anreizeffekte auf das Arbeitskräfteangebot werden...
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Two years after the "Riester reform" the German public pension system is once again in need of reform. The demographic and labor market assumptions underpinning the Riester reform have proved to be unrealistic. An important target of current reform attempts is the formula that annually...
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The German population has good financial knowledge measured on the basis of three financial literacy questions. Around 85 % of the individuals comprehend the functioning of interest and inflation. And 60 % of the individuals understand the relationship of risk and diversification. Overall around...
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Da etwa ¾ aller Selbständigen nicht durch ein obligatorisches Altersvorsorgewerk abgesichert sind, stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit Altersarmut für diese Selbständigen zum Problem werden könnte. Eine eingehende Untersuchung des Altersvorsorge-Verhaltens von Selbständigen er-scheint daher...
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We develop a simple overlapping generations model to analytically show that population aging leads to increased educational efforts through a general equilibrium effect. The key mechanism at work in the model is that scarcity of raw labor increases the rate of return to human capital relative to...
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Mit der Rentenreform 2001 wurde die so genannte Riester-Rente geschaffen. Sie soll die Rentenlücke schließen, die durch die Anpassung der umlagefinanzierten gesetzlichen Rente an die demographische Entwicklung entstehen wird. In dieser Studie wird untersucht, ob dies gelingt und von welchen...
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