期刊名称：DIW Diskussionspapiere / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
出版年度：2007
卷号：2007
出版社：Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
摘要：This paper examines how politicians influenced social security policy in
Germany. Using yearly data from the German Pension Insurance from 1957 to 2005,
revenues as well as expenditures are analysed in linear regression models,
respectively. In accordance with opportunistic political behaviour, revenues
from contributions decreased in pre-election years. Most important, pension
expenditures increased in election years. Interestingly, the CDU/FDP governments
provided higher subsidies to the social security system than the grand coalition
and the SPD/GR government. Overall, there is no evidence for the prospect, that
left coalitions caused higher intergenerational redistribution than right
governments.
关键词：social security, partisan politics, pension system
