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The Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (MPISOC) congratulates MEA researcher Helmut Farbmacher on his professorship at the Technical University of Munich. He took over as "Professor
MEA director Axel Börsch-Supan was a member of the French “Commission of Experts for Major Future Economic Challenges” and working group leader on "Demographic change: aging, health and immigration” i
A recent study by the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) concludes that the introduction of a public pension supplement in Germany in January 2021 creates new injustices: almost 24% of tho
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy publishes first wave of Pension Maps - Which pension system is the best? Even though there is no simple answer to this question, the Pension Maps
A new study based on data from the SHARE Corona Survey investigates how private care networks were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides new insights on the care situation across Europe. The
In March 2021, SHARE-ERIC is celebrating its 10 th Anniversary as the first European Research Infrastructure Consortium ever. SHARE-ERIC is the legal entity behind SHARE, the Survey of Health, Ageing
In order to mitigate the economic hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments all over Europe have introduced extensive labour market and social policy measures. In response, the question has been