App Explains Demographic Change
How does an aging society work? Is there a formula for aging healthily? And can demographers actually predict the future? The new mobile app “A Life Journey”, available for iPhone and iPad, aims at an
The Dynamisation of the Retirement Age
The daily newspaper BILD reported on 24 January 2017 under the heading of “The 2:1 formula / the new pension formula” about a proposal which was brought forward by Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan already in 2
Bavarian State Medal for Prof. Börsch-Supan
Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, has received the Bavarian State Medal for Social Merit. The Bavarian state government hereby acknowledge
Diversity in Science
The Fellow Group of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, together with the Chairs of Sociology of Diversity at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and at the Leopold Franzen
Reducing the burden of spousal caregivers
In order to counteract the rising costs of ageing populations, trends towards deinstitutionalisation, privatisation and marketisation of formal care can be observed in many countries. Yet, the results