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In numerous industrialized countries the demographic change erodes the financial basis of traditional pay-as-you-go pension systems. To compensate for decreasing statutory pensions, many governments incentivize private saving by means of subsidized retirement plans. In this context, Germany introduced the so-called Riester pension plans. To assess its effectiveness, this paper analyzes the effects ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2017,
(SOEPpapers 954)
| Dorothee Ihle
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Recently, the homeownership rate of immigrants in Germany has increased by more than 20 percentage points. To shed light on this sharp rise, this paper investigates the driving forces of the trend in the homeownership rate of immigrant households in Germany between 1996 to 2005 and 2001 to 2011 using a probit-based non-linear decomposition method. Empirical findings suggest that 50 % of the change ...
In:
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
239 (2019), 2, 155-201
| Dorothee Ihle, Andrea Siebert-Meyerhoff
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Cambridge:
European Tax-Benefit Model (EUROMOD),
2000,
(EUROMOD Working Papers No. EM 2/00)
| Herwig Immervoll
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Cambridge:
University of Cambridge,
2002,
(EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM2/02)
| Herwig Immervoll
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Cambridge:
University of Cambridge, Microsimulation Unit,
2004,
(EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM6/04)
| Herwig Immervoll
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Cambridge:
University of Cambridge, Microsimulation Unit,
2004,
(EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM3/04)
| Herwig Immervoll
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Colchester:
University of Essex, Microsimulation Unit,
2005,
(EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM9/05)
| Herwig Immervoll, et al.
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Paris:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
2009,
(OECD Social Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 76)
| Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thurstrup Kreiner, Nicolaj Verdelin
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In:
Economic Journal
117 (2007), 516, 1-44
| Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Emmanuel Saez
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Means-tested Social Assistance (SA) benefits play an important role as social protection floors supporting households in financial difficulties. This paper presents evidence on the patterns of SA benefit receipt in a selection of OECD and EU countries. It provides an overview of the role of SA benefits in social protection systems and assesses the generosity of benefit payments. It then studies the ...
Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2015,
(IZA DP No. 8786)
| Herwig Immervoll, Stephen P. Jenkins, Sebastian Königs