Introduced 20 years ago as a part of the 2001 pension reform, the Riester pension is meant to function as an essential component of the German pension system with the aim of compensating for decreasing public pensions. However, data collected by the SOEP show that this objective has not yet been achieved. For ten years, use of the Riester pension plan has been stagnating at around 25 percent of the ...
This study examines the association between employment trajectories and retired men’s and women’s individual wealth at older ages in the two distinct welfare state contexts of Eastern and Western Germany. Because of the increasing re-marketization of retirement provisions, wealth is becoming increasingly important for retirees’ economic well-being. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study ...
We study the employment effects of a large increase in the early retirement age (ERA) of women. Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pensioners at the same time. However, workers may not be able to work longer or may choose other social support programs as exit routes from employment. Results suggest that the reform increases employment, unemployment ...
Workers in demanding jobs may be particularly negatively affected by an increasing statutory retirement age. We exploit a pension reform that raised the early retirement age of women from 60 to 63 years in Germany. Based on a large administrative social security data set we exploit the quasi-natural experiment using a regression-discontinuity approach. We find the same relative employment...
DIW-Studie zu Auswirkungen rentenpolitischer Entscheidungen auf Pflege – Es sind vor allem Frauen im Übergang in den Ruhestand, die Angehörige pflegen – Erhöhung des Renteneintrittsalters und Abschaffung der sogenannten Altersrente für Frauen lässt Pflegetätigkeit insgesamt zurückgehen – Höheres Pflegegeld und Lohnersatzleistungen sowie bessere ...
This study examines the relationship between air quality alerts and school absenteeism in New York City. Examining the effects of the alerts in school attendance is relevant because it helps us understand parents' avoidance behavior in situations of exacerbated exposure to air contaminants. Causality arises by exploiting the deterministic nature of the alerts with regression discontinuity...
Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen und insbesondere Müttern ist in Westdeutschland seit 1990 gestiegen – Gesetzliche Rentenleistungen in Ostdeutschland höher als im Westen, bei Frauen im Durchschnitt um 50 Prozent, aber gesamte Alterseinkommen der Ostdeutschen deutlich niedriger – In Corona-Krise erweisen sich jüngere Generationen in Ostdeutschland krisenresilienter als im ...
