Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>

This article investigates the effects and risks of recent pension reforms in Germany. While German pension policy systematically supported early retirement for many years in order to relieve the regulated labour market in times of economic stagnation, there has been a substantial change of the pensi...

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Main Authors:	Sandra Buchholz, Annika Rinklake, Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Federal Institute for Population Research 2013-12-01
Series:	Comparative Population Studies
Subjects:	Early retirement Reversal of early retirement Social inequality Pension income Longitudinal research
Online Access:	http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/134

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spelling	doaj-92075cca76114a2d9c4ec8d24993a7e82021-08-02T06:09:36ZengFederal Institute for Population ResearchComparative Population Studies1869-89801869-89992013-12-0138479Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>Sandra Buchholz0Annika Rinklake1Hans-Peter Blossfeld2University of Bamberg, Chair of Sociology 1Staatsinstitut für Familienforschung an der Universität Bamberg (ifb)University of Bamberg, Chair of Sociology 1This article investigates the effects and risks of recent pension reforms in Germany. While German pension policy systematically supported early retirement for many years in order to relieve the regulated labour market in times of economic stagnation, there has been a substantial change of the pension policy paradigm in the more recent past. Latest reforms expect older people to prolong working life. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and applying micro-level longitudinal research methods, this contribution shows that the recent reversal of early retirement in Germany has been at the price of growing social inequalities in old age.http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/134Early retirementReversal of early retirementSocial inequalityPension incomeLongitudinal research
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spellingShingle	Sandra Buchholz Annika Rinklake Hans-Peter Blossfeld Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br> Comparative Population Studies Early retirement Reversal of early retirement Social inequality Pension income Longitudinal research
author_facet	Sandra Buchholz Annika Rinklake Hans-Peter Blossfeld
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title	Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>
title_short	Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>
title_full	Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>
title_fullStr	Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>
title_full_unstemmed	Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>
title_sort	reversing early retirement in germany<br>a longitudinal analysis of the effects of recent pension reforms on the timing of the transition to retirement and on pension incomes<br>
publisher	Federal Institute for Population Research
series	Comparative Population Studies
issn	1869-8980 1869-8999
publishDate	2013-12-01
description	This article investigates the effects and risks of recent pension reforms in Germany. While German pension policy systematically supported early retirement for many years in order to relieve the regulated labour market in times of economic stagnation, there has been a substantial change of the pension policy paradigm in the more recent past. Latest reforms expect older people to prolong working life. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and applying micro-level longitudinal research methods, this contribution shows that the recent reversal of early retirement in Germany has been at the price of growing social inequalities in old age.
topic	Early retirement Reversal of early retirement Social inequality Pension income Longitudinal research
url	http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/134
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Reversing Early Retirement in Germany<br>A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes<br>

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