Dr. Johannes Geyer

Dr. Johannes Geyer

Deputy Head of the

Public Economics Department

Research Topics and Working Areas
Johannes Geyer is deputy head of the department of public economics at the DIW Berlin. He received his PhD in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin in 2012. He was also a member of the Graduate Center of the DIW. Between 2012 and 2016 he was a visiting professor at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin in addition to his work at the DIW Berlin. He is an affiliate of the Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) and Netspar Fellow. From 2014 to 2017, he was Ombudsman for good scientific practice. His research focuses on issues of social protection and demographic change. For this he uses empirical methods of microeconometrics and microsimulation.

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Publications

Journal of Human Resources 56

Closing Routes to Retirement for Women: How Do They Respond?

2021 | Johannes Geyer, Clara Welteke
Industrial Relations 61

The Role of Labor Demand in the Labor Market Effects of a Pension Reform

2021 | Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Svenja Lorenz, Mona Pfister und Thomas Zwick
Labour Economics 65

Labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the retirement age

2020 | Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Anna Hammerschmid und Michael Peters
Health Economics 27

Labor Supply Effects of Long‐Term Care Reform in Germany

2018 | Johannes Geyer, Thorben Korfhage
Labour Economics, 47

Pension incentives and early retirement

2017 | Barbara Engels, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan
DIW Weekly Report 41 / 2025

Basic Pension Recipients Are More Likely to Be Employed than Other Pensioners

2025| Hermann Buslei, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Lukas Harder
DIW Wochenbericht 41 / 2025

Warum die Rente besser ist als ihr Ruf: Kommentar

2025| Peter Haan, Johannes Geyer
DIW Wochenbericht 41 / 2025

Die Hauptbegünstigten der Grundrente sind mit über 70 Prozent Frauen: Interview

2025| Johannes Geyer, Erich Wittenberg
DIW Wochenbericht 41 / 2025

Grundrentenberechtigte häufiger erwerbstätig als andere Rentner*innen

2025| Hermann Buslei, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Lukas Harder
DIW Wochenbericht 37 / 2025

Familienpflegegeld wäre ein erster Entlastungsschritt: Interview

2025| Johannes Geyer, Erich Wittenberg
Refereed essays Web of Science

The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on Long-Term Care: Evidence on Prices

In: The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 32 (2025), 100600, 15 S. | Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Mia Teschner
Newspaper and Blog Articles

Rente: Panik und Realität

In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (02.09.2025), S. 17 | Peter Haan, Johannes Geyer
Non-refereed Articles

Zum Zusammenhang sozialer Ungleichheit mit Pflegerisiken und Lebenserwartung

In: Gesundheit und Gesellschaft Wissenschaft 25 (2025), 3, S. 15-23 | Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan
Weitere externe Aufsätze

Long- Term Care in Germany

In: Jonathan Gruber, Kathleen McGarry (Eds.) , Long-Term Care around the World
Chicago : University of Chicago press
S. 141-176
| Johannes Geyer, Axel Börsch- Supan, Peter Haan, Elsa Perdrix
Newspaper and Blog Articles

Nur so lässt sich das Rentensystem stabilisieren

In: t-online (18.05.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Hermann Buslei, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan

Lectures

Vortrag

Projekte zur privaten Altersvorsore im Koalitionsvertrag von CDU/CSU & SPD

Johannes Geyer
Berlin, 23.06.2025
| Altersvorsorge - Frühstartrente und Reform der Riester-Rente: DigiFin Club #6, Bitkom
Vortrag

Income Effects of a Parental Health Shock

Johannes Geyer
London, Großbritannien, 09.06.2025 - 10.06.2025
| Social Care Policy and Data Workshop: King’s College London, Institute of Gerontology
Vortrag

Employment Potentials of the Older Population

Johannes Geyer
[Online], 10.04.2025
| Pension Policy and Labor Supply of Older Workers: Online-Workshop des BMWK
Vortrag

Sozialpolitischer Ausgleich - Verteilungseffekte ausgewählter Reformen

Johannes Geyer
Berlin, 30.01.2025 - 31.01.2025
| Zwischen Solidarität und Äquivalenzprinzip: wie viel Umverteilung braucht die Alterssicherung? FNA-Jahrestagung 2025
Vortrag

Early Retirement forEearly Starters – A Well Targeted Policy for People with High Job Demand? 

Johannes Geyer
[Online], 15.01.2025
| Should People with Long Careers in Demanding Work Be Allowed to Retire Earlier?: Research Webinar, Finnish Centre for Pensions

Research Projects

Research Project

An empirical analysis of non-take up of social assistance for the elderly

Current Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Behavioral and distributional effects of pension reforms

Current Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Career penalties of long term-care provision

Current Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Employment of older individuals

Current Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Heterogeneous Mortality - Empirical Analyzes based on the SOEP

Current Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Impact of recent pension reforms on old-age poverty

Current Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Populism and Narratives of Social Mobility

Current Project| Climate Policy, Public Economics, German Socio-Economic Panel study
Research Project

Raising the retirement age and gross returns on pension contributions

Current Project| Climate Policy, Public Economics, German Socio-Economic Panel study
Research Project

A new occupational disability insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Adequacy and sustainability of old-age income maintenance (AIM)

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Distributional effects of financial support models for family caregivers

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Effects of the legal minimum wage on poverty

Completed Project| Public Economics, German Socio-Economic Panel study
Research Project

Employment 2025: How multiple transitions will affect the European labour market (NEUJOBS)

Completed Project| Public Economics, Firms and Markets
Research Project

Expertise on Employment potential of older people

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Green Guarantee Pension

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

More Years better Lifes (LONGLIVES)

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Rates of return in pension schemes

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

The effect of pension reforms on old age poverty

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

The link between pension levels and old-age poverty: Simulation analyses

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Unequal ageing: life-expectancy, care needs and reforms to the welfare state

Completed Project| Public Economics
Research Project

Work and disability in old age: restriction and incentives

Completed Project| Public Economics
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