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Will Eastern European Migrants Happily Enter the German Pension System after the EU Eastern Enlargement?
Krieger, Tim | Sauer, Christoph
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 124 (2004), Iss. 1 : pp. 1–30
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Krieger, Tim
Sauer, Christoph
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Public Pensions and Immigration Policy When Voters are Differently Skilled
Krieger, Tim
(2004)
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.617351 [Citations: 1]
Abstract
A major concern in Western Europe and especially in Germany is that inflows of workers will occur with the EU eastern enlargement, and that they will be net beneficiaries of the domestic social security systems. We introduce a model and present evidence by comparing pension systems in the main source and target countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic; Germany) that shows that immigrants most likely have to face a burden from entering the German pension system. Only if the total number of immigrants is sufficiently large the burden may change into a gain. We conclude that if migration takes place it will do so despite - not because of - the existence of the pension systems.