Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174957 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6834
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The paper analyses the impact of demographic developments on the German pension system until the year 2060. The projections are simulated for a range of assumptions on the latest demographic trends and on the labour market and comprise the latest pension legislation. As a central innovation we present a decomposition approach which allows to identify the isolated effects of mortality, fertility and migration developments on the dynamics of the German pension system. We show that the past population structure - driven by past fertility changes - and future mortality improvements will be the most important factors shaping the development of the German pension system. The results have a number of implications for effective and sustainable pension reforms.
Subjects: 
population ageing
German pension system
labour market
JEL: 
H55
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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