Foreign Born Evaluate Social Security Schemes Differently than Natives - Policy makers may consult public opinion when rethinking social security. Factors that influence public opinion usually go beyond personal interests and values, however. It is frequently argued that public institutions indirectly influence the opinion-forming process within society by shaping expectations and preferences and, thus, legitimate their own performance. In short, opinions on public institutions depend on the expectations of the population that are again shaped by the system itself. New research approaches that

New Study by the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy on recent measures to safeguard jobs, the economy and social protection The Corona Pandemic plunges the global economy into crisis. For Germany, a decline of GDP by 6.3 % is expected. According to prognosis by the commission, Italy’s GDP might even decline by 9.5%. Additionally, the labour market is put under extreme pressure. In order to stabilize the economy, preserve jobs and secure livelihoods, governments spend excessive amounts of money. Germany introduced the biggest aid package of its history, which amounts to 353.3

There is little doubt about the need to reform the German pension system. In an article in the FAZ (20 March 2020) and subsequently on SWR 1 (15 May 2020), Prof. Ulrich Becker, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, identifies four decisive points for a sustainably financed and balanced old-age provision in Germany. One of the central points is a balance in the system. Insured persons with above average earnings could be allocated relatively fewer income points, while those with low earnings could be allocated more. Unlike the so-called basic pension, this compensation

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 Elbphilarmonie in Hamburg. Framed by the baroque pieces of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann, Becker explored the challenges of a changing society for the welfare state, especially with regard to demographic shifts and the digitization of work. While the former puts pressure on benefit systems primarily financially, the latter requires

The report on the symposium "Challenges to the ILO in the 21st Century: On the Future Role of a 100 Years Old Organisation" is now available for download (see below). On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization, scientists and experts from Germany and abroad discussed at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy the challenges and expectations facing the organization. In particular, they looked at how the ILO deals with changes in industrial relations resulting from digitisation, the rise of the platform economy and atypical forms of employment

Almost half of all children of single parents in Germany experience poverty. This means that they and the parent with whom the roughly one million girls and boys affected live have to make do - for a certain time or permanently - with an income below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. The financial plight of many single parents, 90% of whom are women, has several causes: structural negligence on the part of the legal system, too few all-day childcare places, discrimination on the labour market and, last but not least, a lack of maintenance payments by the ex-partner. "The social law framework does