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The Compromise on the Basic Pension – Does It Meet Expectations?

Johannes Blum, Raphael de Britto Schiller, Niklas Potrafke, Joachim Ragnitz, Martin Werding
ifo Institut, München, 2020

ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 01, 45-50

Results from the Economists Panel

In November 2019, after long discussions, Germany’s grand coalition agreed on a compromise on the basic pension. The 26th ifo and FAZ Economists Panel focused on the planned basic pension. Many of the economists interviewed are critical of the new basic pension, which is designed to increase old-age pension provision. 

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