Bund und Länder haben sich über eine Reform des Länderfinanzausgleichs verständigt Welche Veränderungen haben sich auf den verschiedenen Stufen des Ausgleichssystems ergeben? Wie hoch sind die Anreiz- und Belastungswirkungen?

Was sind die Ursachen der aktuellen kommunalen Finanzkrise? Welche Aufkommensverluste stellen sich bei den Gemeinden bei einer Abschaffung der Gewerbesteuer ein? Üblicherweise werden solche Fragen im Rahmen des primären Finanzausgleichs diskutiert, der die aufkommensstärksten Steuern auf...

Die von der Bundesregierung eingesetzte Sachverständigenkommission zur Neuordnung der Altersbesteuerung hat am 17. März ihren Abschlussbericht vorgelegt. Welche Veränderungen schlägt die Kommission für die künftige steuerrechtliche Behandlung von Vorsorgeaufwendungen und Altersbezügen...

This paper examines the distributional and efficiency effects of pension privatization in Germany. Starting from a benchmark that refects the current unfunded pension system, a fully funded system is introduced. The accrued benefits of the old system are financed by alternative tax combinations...

The developed world stands at the fore of a phenomenal demographic transition. Over the next 30 years the number of elderly in the OECD countries will more than double. At the same time, the number of workers available to pay the elderly their government-guaranteed pension and health care...

Like in many other OECD countries, the population will age rapidly in Germany during the next decades. This undermines the future sustainability of the current unfunded public pension system and motivates the search for reform options. The present paper aimes to evaluate some currently discussed...

In order to stimulate labor market participation and improve the financial viability of the social security systems, many recent reform proposals in various OECD economies suggest to scale down the non-actuarial parts of the pension systems. These reforms have a flavour of increased efficiency...

Recent reforms that aim at reducing the upcoming burdens of population ageing might seriously harm low income individuals. An increase in old-age poverty and disability will be the result. Under this prospect, the present paper quantitatively characterizes the optimal progressivity of unfunded...

This paper examines the distributional and efficiency effects of pension privatization in Germany. Starting from a benchmark that refects the current unfunded pension system, a fully funded system is introduced. The accrued benefits of the old system are financed by alternative tax combinations...

The present paper quantifies the economic consequences of eliminating the system of income splitting in Germany. We apply a dynamic simulation model with overlapping generations where single and married agents have to decide on labor supply and homework facing income and lifespan risk. The...