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What is and what wants social policy? In his lecture "Social Policy" Prof. Börsch-Supan, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, drew a wide bow in order to classify the current reform options for the pension insurance....

The fact that science and music can form a harmonious whole was demonstrated in the lecture "Social Law and Social Policy in Transition" by Prof. Ulrich Becker, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, in the...

The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Rostock awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, PhD, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. Börsch-Supan, who heads the Institute's...

Targeting is an important aim for social policy. A new MEA Discussion Paper reflects in three case studies typical shortcomings in the targeting design of pension reforms in Germany. The first case study examines how well work disability and the...