In this paper we exploit a cohort-specific pension reform to estimate the causal labour market effects of changes in the financial incentives to retire. In particular, we analyze the effects of the introduction of cohort-specific deductions for early retirement on female retirement, employment...

Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most long-term care systems. However, due to demographic ageing the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as...

Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most longterm care systems. However, due to demographic ageing the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as...

This paper shows that labor demand plays an important role in the labor market reactions of older women affected by pension deductions for early retirement. Based on a large representative sample of the German workforce (SIAB), we calculate the consequences of individual financial incentive...

Parental leave and subsidized child care are prominent examples of family policies supporting the reconciliation of family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the employment effects of these policies for mothers in...

Vor 20 Jahren wurde im Zuge der Rentenreform 2001 die Einführung der Riester-Rente beschlossen: Die Riester-Rente sollte ein wesentlicher Baustein des Alterssicherungssystems in Deutschland werden und das sinkende Niveau der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung mindestens ausgleichen. Daten, die im...

31. August 2021 - Die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland wird im nächsten Jahrzehnt eine grundlegende Reform der Rente erforderlich machen. Bisher halten sich aber gerade die Regierungsparteien mit Vorschlägen zurück und sehen den Handlungsbedarf als nicht so dringlich. Einige...