@incollection{Janda2020,
  author    = {Constanze Janda},
  title     = {Elements of Generational Solidarity in the German Pension System},
  series = {Solidarity Across Generations: Comparative Law Perspectives},
  editor    = {Eri Kasagi},
  publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-50546-2},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-50547-9\_2},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0246-opus4-46881},
  pages     = {37 -- 57},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {The article focuses on the legal aspects of intergenerational solidarity in the German statutory pension system. Organised on a pay-as-you-go basis, it relies on a balance of those obliged to pay contributions vs. those who receive benefits. The footing of this system, however, becomes fragile in times of rising life expectancy and declining birth rates: fewer employees will have to finance the pension rights of a growing number of pensioners. These developments do not only lead to lower acceptance of the “intergenerational contract” by the economically active who have to invest a large share of their income in the financing of current pensions while facing the risk of receiving low payments in the future. It also raises questions of intergenerational justice.},
  language  = {en}
}