Axel H. Boersch-Supan

TL;DR: Estimates of the impact of race and education on past and present life expectancy are updated, trends in disparities from 1990 through 2008 are examined, and observed disparities are placed in the context of a rapidly aging society that is emerging at a time of optimism about the next revolution in longevity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore some potentially useful responses from government and business to the challenges posed by aging, including adaptation on all levels: individual, organizational, and societal adaptation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the German pension system as it has shaped the labor market until about the year 2000, and describe the three staged reform process that will convert the exemplary and monolithic Bismarckian public insurance system after 2000 into a complex multipillar system.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that ignoring the endogeneity and/or uncertainty in the relevant institutional setting can severely bias the estimates of incentive effects, leading to overestimated incentive effects that unduly exaggerate the pull view of early retirement.