Open Access: Der Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) und De Gruyter kooperieren - Die zentrale Koordination des Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe am Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik und der Wissenschaftsverlag De Gruyter haben eine richtungsweisende Zusammenarbeit vereinbart. Die Publikation „Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in Europe: First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis“ wird Mitte 2013 Open Access und somit für Forscher und Entscheider weltweit kostenfrei nutzbar erscheinen. Pressemitteilung (PDF)

Grassau -

November 22-23 2012 at the German Pension Insurance, Berlin - The Research Data Center of the German Pension Fund and MEA, the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging organize a workshop on “Linking survey and social security data”. The workshop will serve as an information exchange platform for international researchers using record-linked data. The objective of the workshop is to discuss methodological issues when linking administrative data with survey data in an international context. The exchange of ideas and experience at the workshop will start a dialogue about global best practice in this field. The workshop will take place at the German Pension Insurance, Konstanzer Straße 42, 10709 Berlin on November, 22nd and 23rd 2012. If you are interested in taking part, please fill in the attached registration form and send it back to us by October, 22th at the latest. The workshop is open to all interested parties and participation is free of charge. Following information is available for download: registration form and agenda .

MEA, Munich -

"Eine Gespensterdebatte zum Schaden der gesetzlichen Rente" - Der Beitrag von Axel Börsch-Supan vom 17.09.2012

Uppsala, Sweden -