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 provides empirical evidence how the timing of employment breaks
affects pension benefits in Germany. Analysing the biographical data set from
the German Pension Insurance (SUF VVL 2004) the employment histories of
individuals aged 21 to 60 can be mirrored in detail. We relate differences in
pension benefits to employment breaks due to unemployment and parental leave in
the individual life cycle, distinguishing by gender. Three different career
phases (early, middle and late) are distinguished and respective social policy
phases are considered. As predicted by human capital theory, the losses due to
career interruptions in the early and middle employment period differ. However,
the negative effects due to unemployment in the late employment period are only
weak. This finding detects special characteristics of the covered age-groups in
the data set.
关键词：employment histories, career interruptions, pension benefits
