The German Retirement Benefit Formula: Drawbacks and Alternatives
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- Friedrich Breyer & Mathias Kifmann, 2004. "The German Retirement Benefit Formula: Drawbacks and Alternatives," FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 60(1), pages 63-82, April.
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Keywords
pay-as-you-go pension systems; implicit taxation; intra- and intergenerational equity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2003-02-18 (Labour Economics)
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