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Report 2010 – 2011 Report 2010 – 2011 Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Report 2010–2011 Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich (from 1 July 2011) Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich (until 30 June 2011) CONTENTS Contents Preface 7 I. Foreign and International Social Law 9 1. Introduction 10 1.1. Objectives and Design of Institute Research 10 1.2. Main Fields of Research 11 1.3. Promotion of Junior Researchers 15 2. Europeanisation and Internationalisation 17 2.1. The Implementation of "Freedom of Movement for Workers" in the German-Polish Relationship under Labour and Social Law Aspects 17 2.2. EU State Aid Law and Financing of Social Services at Municipal Level 21 2.3. International Standard Setting and Innovation in Social Security 23 3. Changes in Developed Countries 25 Regulatory Instruments and Forms of Action 3.1. Individualised Health Care: Ethical, Economic and Legal Implications for the German Health Care System 25 3.2. Reimbursement of Off-Label Drugs from the Perspective of Social Law and Liability Law 26 3.3. Residents in Stationary Care and their Role as Customers – Social Service Provision and the Right to Self-Determination 28 Organisational and Structural Reforms in Social Benefits Systems 3.4. Social Services and Assistance through the Local Community – Tasks and Functions of the Municipalities in the context of the Europeanisation of the Social State Principle 30 3.5. Crime Victim Compensation Law in Europe – A Comparison 31 3.6. Raising the Retirement Age: An International Comparison 33 3.7. Governance of Occupational Pension Schemes 34 3.8. Turkish Social Assistance Law: Basic Protection in Old Age and in the Event of Disability 36 The Status of Family and Civil Society in Social Security 3.9. Time for Responsibility in the Life Course – Political and Legal Strategies 38 3.10. New Family Structures and Changing Gender Role Models as a Challenge to Social Law 40 3.11. The Situation of Single-Parent Families: A Comparison 44 3.12. Early Childhood Care and Education in Italy 45 4. Transformation in Threshold Countries 47 4.1. The Right to Health in Latin America 47 4.2. The Ibero-American Multilateral Agreement on Social Security 48 5. Multi-Focus Research 49 5.1. Emeritus Workplace Hans F. Zacher: The History and Crisis of the Social Market Economy 49 5.2. The Marketing of Naming Rights to Sports Facilities in National and International Law 53 5.3. Doping Control Systems and the Personal Freedom of Athletes 55 1 REPORT 2010 – 2011 6. Promotion of Junior Researchers 58 Doctoral Group: "The Triangular Benefit Delivery Relationship in Social Law" 6.1. Further Education as Social Law 58 6.2. Occupational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities in Germany and Switzerland 59 6.3. State Pricing for Reimbursable Pharmaceuticals and Legal Limits 60 6.4. Individual Cooperation for Young People – Service Provision Law in the Area of Child and Youth Services 61 6.5. Price Control Mechanisms in the Provision of Medical Devices 63 Doctoral Group: "Social Security and Long-Term Care Dependency" 6.6. Social Security and Long-Term Care Dependency 64 6.7. Coordination of Social Services for the Provision of Long-Term Care 65 6.8. Quality Assurance in Home Care 66 Individual Dissertation Projects 6.9. Social Security Contributions 67 6.10. Quality Assurance, Pricing and Rationing – Cost-Benefit Assessment of Health Technologies 68 6.11. State Responsibility for Inpatient Long-Term Care Services 69 6.12. The Right to Hear a Specific Physician (Section 109 SGG) in Social Court Practice 70 6.13. Social Security in the People's Republic of China 71 6.14. Greek Pension Insurance 72 II. Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) 75 1. Overview 76 1.1. MEA and its Origins 76 1.2. Scientific Background 76 1.3. Department Structure and Thematic Priorities 78 1.4. Scientific Advice on Policy Issues 81 2. Old-Age Provision and Social Policy 81 2.1. The German Pension System in an International Comparison 81 2.2. International Social Security Project: Incentive Effects on Early Retirement 81 2.3. Country Studies 82 2.4. Politico-Economic Analysis of Pension Reform Options 82 2.5. Maintaining Social, Economic and Political Stability in Times of Demographic Change 82 2.6. Raising of the Statutory Retirement Age to 67 83 2.7. Analysis and Assessment of Old-Age Pension Policy Measures 83 2.8. Analyzing Public Knowledge about the Riester Subsidy 86 2.9. Correct Actuarial Calculation of Pension Reductions 87 2.10. The Pension Simulation Program MEA-PENSIM 88 2.11. Implicit Taxation in the German Social Insurance System 89 2.12. Redistributive Flows in the German Social Insurance System 90 2.13. Contribution Determinants in German Statutory Health Insurance and Social Long-Term Care Insurance 90 2.14. Statutory Health Insurance Simulation Model (MEA-GKV-SIM) 91 2.15. Analysis and Assessment of Policy Measures in the German Health and Long Term Care Insurance Sectors 91 2.16. Poverty among the Elderly in Germany 91 2 CONTENTS 2.17. Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning 93 2.18. Financial Literacy and Private Pension Provision 93 2.19. Instant Gratification and Self Control in an Experiment with Children and Teenagers 94 2.20. Who Lost the Most? Financial Literacy, Cognitive Abilities and the Financial Crisis 94 2.21. Riester Pensions and Life Expectancy 95 2.22. Do Smarter Consumers Get Better Advice? An Analytical Framework and Evidence from German Private Pension Schemes 95 2.23. How Financially Literate are Women? Perspectives on the Gender Gap 95 2.24. Personal Preferences and Retirement Behavior 96 2.25. Individualized Supply of Retirement Planning Information in Sweden 96 3. Health Economics 97 3.1. Health and Retirement Behavior 97 3.2. Pensions for Reduced Earning Capacity and Health Status 97 3.3. The Influence of Group Structures on the Sickness Absence Rate 97 3.4. Aging, Cognitive Abilities and Retirement 98 3.5. Education and Cognitive Abilities 98 3.6. The Long-Lasting Effects of Parental Socio-Economic Background 99 3.7. Older People's Statements on their Childhood Circumstances 99 3.8. Practice Fee and Consultation Behavior 100 3.9. Extensions to the Hurdle Model 100 3.10. Long-Range Effects of Workload and Maternity on Health in Old Age 100 3.11. Education and Health 101 3.12. Health Inequality in Childhood 101 3.13. Social Determinants of Mental Illnesses 101 3.14. Health Shocks and Joint Retirement Decisions 102 3.15. Education-Related Inequalities in Dental Service Utilization by Europeans Aged 50+ 102 4. Macroeconomic Implications of an Aging Society 103 4.1. Demographic Change, Human Capital, Pension Reforms and Welfare 103 4.2. Subjective Retirement Expectations in SAVE 103 4.3. The Income and Asset Situation of German Baby Boomers 103 4.4. Saving and Old-Age Provision in Germany (SAVE) 104 4.5. Decision Areas and Risk Preferences 105 4.6. Risk Preferences and Savings Behavior of German Baby Boomers: A SAVE Data Analysis 105 4.7. Age and Labor Productivity in Truck Assembly 105 4.8. Are Mixed-Age Teams Better? 106 4.9. Age and Labor Productivity in the Insurance Industry 106 5. Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) 106 5.1. SHARE Survey Management 107 5.2. Multinational Advancement of Research Infrastructures on Aging 108 5.3. CHANCES – Consortium on Health and Ageing Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States 110 5.4. New Perspectives of Research on Aging: Linking SHARE with Administrative Data and Biomarkers 111 5.5. Intergenerational Relationships in Europe 113 5.6. Life Courses in Europe: Early Life Events and Later Life Outcomes 113 5.7. SHARE Research Data Center 114 5.8. Measuring and Explaining Interviewer Effects 114 5.9. Methodological Perspectives on Linking Survey Data and Administrative Data 114 3 REPORT 2010 – 2011 5.10. The Effects of Unilateral Divorce Laws in Europe 114 5.11. Ethnic Discrimination in the German Housing Market 115 5.12. Attrition of Alteri Respondents in a Multi-Actor Survey 116 5.13. Respondent Incentives, Interviewer Training and Respondent Behavior 116 5.14. Interviewer Effects on Attrition in the Fourth Wave of the German SHARE Study 116 5.15. Compatibility of Caregiving and Career – An Analytical Life Course Perspective 116 5.16. Social Determinants of Depression in Later Life 117 5.17. Marriage Stability 117 5.18. Ethnic Inequality Based on Discrimination 118 5.19. Ethnic Differences in Access to Vocational Training: Discrimination? 119 5.20. International Cooperation: The "SHARE Family" 121 III. Max Planck Fellow Group: Inclusion and Disability 125 1. Introduction 126 2. Projects 129 2.1. Persons with Disabilities and a Migrant Background 129 2.2. The German Basic Law in Light of the UN Disability Rights Convention 130 2.3. Social Security and Persons with Disabilities in "Developing Countries" 131 2.4. Seeking Competence: Concepts and Standards for Good Employees in the Focus of Social Service Provision 132 2.5. Counselling for Families of Children with Disabilities 134 2.6. Consolidation, Flexibilisation or Erosion of Standard Biographies? The Contribution of Diversity Management to Social Inclusion 135 2.7. Diffusion and Inclusion: The Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in East Africa 136 IV. Events Organised by the Institute 139 1. A Social Event! Ceremony on the Occasion of the Establishment of the Second Department 140 2. Symposia, Conferences and Workshops 143 2.1. Foreign and International Social Law 143 2.2. Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) 146 2.3.