Determinants of Occupational Pension Provision in Germany

Kathrin Dummann ()

No 75, Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory from University of Rostock, Institute of Economics, Germany

Abstract: Demographic change causes an undersupply of financial old age benefits within the statutory pay-as-you-go pension system in Germany. Therefore, the provision of occupational as well as private pensions has to be enhanced. However, there seems to be an undersupply of occupational pension provision particularly in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Using survey data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the German SAVE survey, the present paper studies econometrically the determinants of occupational pension provision in Germany. It shows that occupational pensions depend not only on supply-side factors such as firm size and industry, but also on demand-side factors such as individual socio- demographic attributes and people's savings motives.

Keywords: Occupational Pensions; Retirement Provision; Demographic Change; SMEs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 G23 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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