Old Age Securtiy in the European Union

Project Directors Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kohl Project Staff Prof. Dr. Peter Flora, Franz Kraus, Dr. Franz Rothenbacher MZES-funded 1994 – 1997

Research question/goal:

The project proposal was developed in 1993 by Peter Flora in cooperation with Franz Kraus and Franz Rothenbacher. The major aim of the project is a systematic description and empirical analysis of the institutional configurations of old age security systems in the Member States of the European Union, their modes of financing and trends in the level and structure of old-age benefits. A second object is to use the project for a systematic development of the MZES European Library (including the statistics library) in the field of social security and to provide an overview of social security reporting systems of international organisations.

With the appointment of Jürgen Kohl as a professor at the University of Heidelberg in 1995, the project was moved to the University of Heidelberg.


Publications

Edited Books

  • Flora, Peter, Heinz-Herbert Noll (Eds.) (1998): Sozialberichterstattung und Sozialstaatsbeobachtung. Individuelle Wohlfahrt und wohlfahrtsstaatliche Institutionen im Spiegel empirischer Analysen. Frankfurt a.M./New York, Campus. More
  • Kraus, Franz, Heinz-Herbert Noll, Franz Rothenbacher, Heinrich Best, Peter Flora (Eds.) (1994): Social Statistics and Social Reporting in and for Europe. 1, Bonn, Mannheim, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung. More

Book Chapters

  • Lessenich, Stephan, Ilona Ostner (Eds.) Rieger, Elmar (1998): Soziologische Theorie und Sozialpolitik im entwickelten Wohlfahrtsstaat. 59-89. Frankfurt a. M., Campus-Verlag. More
  • Sahner, Heinz, Stefan Schwendtner (Eds.) Kohl, Jürgen (1995): Strukturreeform der Alterssicherung. Sozialpolitische Folgerungen aus einer international vergleichenden Analyse. 470-477. Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag. More
  • Flora, Peter, Franz Kraus, Heinz-Herbert Noll (Eds.) Hebette, Chantal, Franz Rothenbacher (1994): The European System of Social Protection Statistics - ESSPROS. 207-233. Bonn-Mannheim . More
  • Flora, Peter, Heinz-Herbert Noll, Franz Rothenbacher (Eds.) Kraus, Franz (1994): Social Statistics of the European Community (EC). 139-188. Bonn . More

Journal Articles

  • Flora, Peter (1997): A System of Socio-Economic Reporting on Europe. Memorandum for the Fifth Framework Programme of the EU. EURODATA Newsletter, 5, 2-7. More

MZES Working Papers

  • Rieger, Elmar, Stephan Leibfried (1995): Globalization and the Western Welfare State. An Annotated Bibliography. 2, Mannheim, MZES. More
  • Kraus, Franz (1994): Social Statistics of the European Communitiy (EC). 3, Mannheim, MZES. More