Unter anderem aufgrund der Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf globale Lieferketten und des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine, erfuhren deutsche Haushalte im ersten Halbjahr 2022 einen Preisanstieg für Konsumgüter des täglichen Bedarfs, wie es ihn in der Zeit seit der Wiedervereinigung noch nicht gegeben hat. Die hohe Inflation bedeutet insbesondere für Haushalte...
Soll das Renteneintrittsalter flexibilisiert werden? Die Zweifel überwiegen Eine Anhebung des Renteneintrittsalters haben im Wahlkampf alle Parteien ausgeschlossen. Stattdessen will die Koalition den freundlich klingenden „flexiblen Renteneintritt nach skandinavischem Vorbild“ prüfen. Neben der gewonnenen Freiheit helfe die Flexibilisierung – so der politische Wunsch –, ...
Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age inemployment. An important at-risk group comprises older employees who have worked in demanding jobs formany years. This group may be particularly negatively affected by the abolition of early retirement options. Tomeasure differences in labor market reactions of employees in low- and high-demand ...
This study contributes to the subjective well-being and retirement literature by quantifying life satisfaction before (4) and after retirement (9+) periods asking: Are retirees more satisfied? Fixed-effects and causal instrumental variables (IV) estimates with individual longitudinal data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP, 33 waves) analyze anticipation and adaptation retirement effects of statutory ...
This paper shows that labor demand plays an important role in the labor market reactions to a pension reform in Germany. Employers with a high share of older worker inflow compared with their younger worker inflow, employers in sectors with few investments in research and development, and employers in sectors with a high share of collective bargaining agreements allow their employees to stay employed ...
German history over the past 125 years has been turbulent. Marked by two world wars, revolutions and major regime changes, as well as a hyperinflation and three currency reforms, expropriations and territorial divisions, it provides unique insights into the role of country-specific shocks in shaping long-run wealth dynamics. This paper presents the first comprehensive study of wealth and its distribution ...