Based on an empirical application for Germany, we compare two methods of measuring fiscal sustainability: the generational-accounting approach and the OECD method. In a first step, we show that the two methods can be transformed into one another. Hence, the indicators of generational accounting...

The new law "GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz" was introduced in 2003 to stabilize the expenditures of the German public health sector in a long-term perspective. Two alternative reform proposals, "Kopfpauschalen" and "Bürgerversicherung", have also been put forward to secure the financing of the...

Der Gesetzlichen Gesundheitsversorgung in Deutschland stehen einschneidende Reformen bevor. Können das Konzept der Bürgerversicherung, der Vorschlag einer Gesundheitsprämie oder kapitalgedeckte Prämien eine Lösung bieten?