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For two reasons, old-age insurance is an important topic for this study comparing the institutional framework of the German and Dutch economies. First, the German pension system differs substantially from the Dutch one. This increases the scope for mutual learning. Second, both countries will experience rapid aging over the next four decades. This poses serious challenges to the pension systems of these countries.
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CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. (1997). Pensions. In: Challenging Neighbours. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60900-8_7
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