Studies on labor union earnings premiums generally investigate their size through point-in-
time estimates. This study posits, by contrast, that point-in-time estimates of the union …

We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the
international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany …

This paper combines detailed administrative records on the universe of the Dutch population
with national accounts aggregates to provide a thorough description of income inequality …

We propose a general analytical framework to model the redistributive features of alternative
pension systems when individuals face ex ante differences in mortality. Differences in life …

Entitlements for social security and occupational pensions present a major wealth
component and play a central role for financial security. However, most individual-level data …

This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. Based
on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we …

The ongoing demographic change in most developed countries consists of two coinciding
independent developments that differ in structure and persistence: A slow, monotonic and …

In many countries, flexibilizing the retirement transition is seen as an innovative policy which
may help to solve some of the problems ageing societies face. The paper aims at specifying …

Background Research has generally found a significant inverse relationship in mortality risk
across socioeconomic (SE) groups. This paper focuses on Spain, a country for which there …

The aim of the project SOEP-RV is to link data from participants in the German Socio-
Economic Panel (SOEP) survey to their individual Deutsche Rentenversicherung (German …