Social insurance contributions include an implicit tax portion if the contributions are higher than the benefits. For the first time, this implicit tax burden is calculated for the entire German social security system regarding income groups, age groups and sex. There is evidence that the...

I use longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study to estimate the effect of job loss on health for near elderly employees. Job loss is a major cause of economic insecurity for working age individuals, and can cause reduction in income, and loss of health insurance. To control for...

Der demographische Wandel ist einer der großen „Megatrends“, der die politische, soziale und ökonomische Situation in Deutschland in den kommenden Jahrzehnten entscheidend verändern wird. Dabei werden die einzelnen Bundesländer mit teils recht unterschiedlichen Konsequenzen...