Projects of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.05.2024 – 30.11.2025

    Policy Initiative – Finanzierung der grünen Transformation von Unternehmen

    For the green transformation of the European economy to succeed, large sums of equity and debt financing will have to flow into green projects over the next few years. As the public sector cannot achieve this on…

  2. Project // 01.04.2023 – 31.01.2024

    Financial Education in Germany: Status Quo and Perspectives

    Due to several societal and economic trends, the importance of financial education is increasing as financial decisions become more complex and riskier. At the same time, financial education in Germany is still in…

  3. Project // 01.03.2023 – 25.02.2025

    Communication toolbox for engaging and aiding women in pension planning

    In Germany, women currently obtain 40 percent less pension income than men. In collaboration with media companies, corporate partners and financial institutions, the project aims to create a communication toolbox…

  4. Project // 01.01.2023 – 31.03.2024

    Monetary Policy, Binding Regulatory Capital Constraint and Banks' Reaction

    In this project, I focus on the potential impairment of the bank lending channel of monetary policy easing for weakly capitalized banks. I show this in two steps. First, I show through a theoretical model how…

  5. Project // 01.08.2022 – 31.07.2025

    Green financial intermediation – from demand to impact

    Achieving the Paris agreement goals to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels and contributing to the UN Sustainability Goals will require massive public and …

  6. Project // 01.02. – 30.09.2021

    The Role of Occupational Pension Schemes for Income in Old Age – Current Evidence and Databases

    Despite the socio-political importance that occupational pension schemes have had since 2001, the incomplete evidence, lack of transparency, and lack of databases have been criticized regularly during the last…

  7. Project // 01.11.2020 – 31.01.2023

    Presentation of Information in the Context of Retirement Planning

    The increasing personal responsibility in retirement provision poses a challenge for many households. Research has shown that especially people with low levels of education, income, and financial knowledge have…

  8. Project // 01.07.2020 – 30.06.2021

    Financial shocks in the corona crisis: burdens and demands, coping strategies and -resources, and social policy measures

    The corona pandemic and subsequent measures led to financial difficulties for people who were particularly affected by the economic consequences of the crisis, as well as for households that were already living…

  9. Project // 01.01.2020 – 31.03.2021

    The distributional implications of tax-favoured retirement accounts: Evidence from German tax-return data

    Following pension reforms aiming to reduce the demographic burden on pay-as-you-go pension schemes, Germany and many other countries introduced substantial tax benefits to set incentives for third pillar…