A Blue Print For Germany’s Pension Reform [PDF]
Germany relies almost exclusively on a public pay-as-you-go pension system for old-age in-come provision. This mandatory “retirement insurance” has become under severe pressure, mainly from population aging and from incentive effects that have reduced ...
Axel Börsch-Supan
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To examine the direct and indirect costs associated with declining distance visual acuity (VA). Methods A longitudinal approach was applied to a large, nationally representative sample with extensive data, including VA measured at two time points.
Joonas Taipale +5 more
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Risk-based supervision of pension funds : a review of international experience and preliminary assessment of the first outcomes [PDF]
This paper provides a review of the design and experience of risk-based pension fund supervision in several countries that have been leaders in the development of these methods.
Hinz, Richard +2 more
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To identify associations between systemic drugs and cataract surgery in Finland. Methods A historic cohort study based on administrative data. Endpoint event was cataract surgery. Use of drugs in question was based on redeemed prescriptions and consisted of 156 drugs.
Antti Riikonen +3 more
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The National Prevention Conference’s prevention report – the development of a concept for the 2019 report [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 Stefanie Liedtke +2 more
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Higher job exposures are associated with reduced return-to-work two years after rehabilitation in a nationwide cohort study based on German Pension Insurance data. [PDF]
Sci RepBrünger M, Gellert P.
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Real Estate Portfolio Management Practices of Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in the Netherlands: A Survey [PDF]
Pension funds and insurance companies in the Netherlands allocate, on average, over 15% to equity real estate. This suggests that they hold different beliefs and/or apply different decision rules than their U.S. counterparts, who typically have allocated
Dirk P.M. De Wit
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women appears to affect glaucoma risk, but findings are inconsistent. We aimed to explore whether the use of postmenopausal HRT plays a role in glaucoma development in Finland. Methods The main outcome variable was glaucoma incidence measured by initiation of special reimbursement ...
Sirpa Loukovaara, Jari Haukka
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How do children's cohabitation and family asset reserves impact rural individuals' participation in commercial pension insurance? [PDF]
Front Public HealthFeng C, Zhang Y, Yang L, Wu L, Liu B.
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The Crisis of Germany's Pension Insurance system and How it Can be Resolved [PDF]
The paper discusses the options for a reform of the German pension system using a model developed at CES for the German Council of economic advisors to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Research.
Hans-Werner Sinn
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