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Die Deutschland-Rente – ein Projekt zur Stabilisierung der Privaten Altersrente

Das umlagenfinanzierte System der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung als alleinige Lebensstandardsicherung stößt durch die demografische Entwicklung an seine Grenzen. Zur Aufrechterhaltung der Funktionsfähigkeit der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung führt der Staat dem System Bundesmittel in Milliardenhöhe zu, Tendenz steigend. Um die Versorgungslücken der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung zu schließen, kommt ...

Private Zusatzvorsorge neu denken: Deutschland braucht ein Standardprodukt

Die Bundesregierung hat in ihrem Koalitionsvertrag die Verbesserung der privaten Altersvorsorge durch die Einführung eines „attraktiven standardisierten Riester-Produkts“ angekündigt. Der vorliegende Beitrag argumentiert, dass nur ein flexibles, aber öffentlich-rechtlich organisiertes Standardprodukt geeignet ist, das bisherige Marktversagen bei Angeboten zur privaten Zusatzvorsorge zu korrigieren. ...

Staatsfonds in der individuellen Alterssicherung – kein Modell für Deutschland

Der Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit zwei Modellen zur Nutzung von Staatsfonds in der Alterssicherung auseinander, die aktuell für die deutsche Ergänzungsvorsorge diskutiert werden. Für die schwedische Premiepension wird gezeigt, dass die gute Performance des staatlichen Auffangfonds (AP7 Såfa) im Wesentlichen das Resultat einer hochriskanten Anlagestrategie des schwedischen Staates war. Für die Deutschland-Rente ...

Do immigrants prefer regions in which people are generally more open towards immigrants and immigration?

In my dissertation, I analyse the effect of migrant-open climate on immigrant location choice: Do immigrants prefer regions in which people are generally more open towards immigrants and immigration? I argue that to maximise well-being, immigrants reduce their risk of facing discrimination by choosing regions of residence in which migrant-open climate is higher.To capture revealed...

Multidimensional Inequality Analysis using SOEP data and the Constitution of Germany

Well-being inequality is a subject that has being extensively covered and which is widely discussed also in the political and civil environment. However, the majority of the studies done in this field are still limited to the analysis of monetary variables, like income, wealth or expenditure, completely forsaking non-monetary elements such as education, health or employment on the basis that...

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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Help Contain Resistance to Antibiotics

Improving physicians’ prescription practices is a primary strategy for countering the rise in resistance to antibiotics. This would prevent physicians from incorrectly prescribing antibiotics, one of the main causes of antibiotic resistance. The increasing availability of medical data and methods of machine learning provide an opportunity to generate instant diagnoses. In the present study, the example ...

Artificial intelligence and big data can help contain resistance to antibiotics

by  Michael Ribers and Hannes Ullrich Improving physicians’ prescription practices is a primary strategy for countering the rise in resistance to antibiotics. This would prevent physicians from incorrectly prescribing antibiotics, one of the main causes of antibiotic resistance. The increasing availability of medical data and methods of machine learning provide an opportunity to generate ...

Battling Antibiotic Resistance: Can Machine Learning Improve Prescribing?

Antibiotic resistance constitutes a major health threat. Predicting bacterial causes of infections is key to reducing antibiotic misuse, a leading cause of antibiotic resistance. We combine administrative and microbiological laboratory data from Denmark to train a machine learning algorithm predicting bacterial causes of urinary tract infections. Based on predictions, we develop policies to improve ...

European Electricity Sector Decarbonization under Different Levels of Foresight

The European Union has set out to reduce the carbon intensity of its electricity generation substantially, as defined in the European Roadmap 2050. This paper analyses the impact of foresight towards decarbonization targets on the investment decisions in the European electricity sector using a specific model developed by the authors called dynELMOD. Incorporating the climate targets makes the investment ...