Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special allowances and tax exemptions – the so-called Riester scheme. We apply matching and panel regression techniques to assess the impact of the Riester scheme on households’ propensities to save in a natural experiment framework. Estimation results from both the German Socio-Economic Panel and the SAVE study indicate that private saving was hardly affected by the introduction of the Riester scheme
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999 we test for the interaction of social security bene...
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999, we test for the interaction of social security ben...
We exploit the natural experiment of the 2005 income tax reform in Germany to study the effects of t...
Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special a...
Since 2002 the German government has promoted private retirement saving plans by means of special su...
We empirically investigate the distributional consequences of the Riester scheme, the main private p...
The process of demographic change and the fact that the benefits of a growing proportion of pensione...
While private pensions have long been an integral part of old age insurance in America, it is now al...
While private pensions have long been an integral part of old age insurance in America, it is now al...
In response to population aging, pay-as-you-go pensions are being reduced in almost all developed co...
This paper describes how German households save, and how their saving behavior is linked to public p...
The present paper studies the growth, welfare and efficiency consequences of the recent introduction...
This paper describes how German households save and how their saving behavior is linked to public po...
We exploit data on German households’ savings in life insurance products, the characteristics of lif...
Many motives for saving a portion of one’s income co-exist and their relative importance changes ove...
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999 we test for the interaction of social security bene...
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999, we test for the interaction of social security ben...
We exploit the natural experiment of the 2005 income tax reform in Germany to study the effects of t...
Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special a...
Since 2002 the German government has promoted private retirement saving plans by means of special su...
We empirically investigate the distributional consequences of the Riester scheme, the main private p...
The process of demographic change and the fact that the benefits of a growing proportion of pensione...
While private pensions have long been an integral part of old age insurance in America, it is now al...
While private pensions have long been an integral part of old age insurance in America, it is now al...
In response to population aging, pay-as-you-go pensions are being reduced in almost all developed co...
This paper describes how German households save, and how their saving behavior is linked to public p...
The present paper studies the growth, welfare and efficiency consequences of the recent introduction...
This paper describes how German households save and how their saving behavior is linked to public po...
We exploit data on German households’ savings in life insurance products, the characteristics of lif...
Many motives for saving a portion of one’s income co-exist and their relative importance changes ove...
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999 we test for the interaction of social security bene...
Based on German panel data between 1984 and 1999, we test for the interaction of social security ben...
We exploit the natural experiment of the 2005 income tax reform in Germany to study the effects of t...