Publikationen des Projekts: Gesundheitsrisiko, soziale Absicherung und das Verhalten privater Haushalte - Empirische Analysen auf Basis struktureller Modellierung für Deutschland

Longevity, Life-Cycle Behavior and Pension Reform

How can public pension systems be reformed to ensure fiscal stability in the face of increasing life expectancy? To address this question, we use micro data to estimate a structural life-cycle model of individuals' employment, retirement and consumption decisions. We calculate that, in the case of Germany, an increase of 3.76 years in the pension age thresholds or a cut of 26.8% in the per-year value ...

Spillover Effects of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Health Behavior

This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich German panel data set containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the number of her siblings while conditioning on grandparental characteristics. The instrumental variables approach has not yet been used in the intergenerational context ...

Bayesian Procedures as a Numerical Tool for the Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

Longevity, Life-Cycle Behavior and Pension Reform

Empirical Welfare Analysis in Random Utility Models of Labour Supply