Suchergebnisse

In the occupational pension scheme, insured persons can demand cash payment of the withdrawal benefit before reaching the normal retirement age if they take up self-employment and are no longer subject to compulsory occupational pension provision. This provision of the Vested Termination Benefits Act ("Freizügigkeitsgesetz") may have undesirable indirect consequences that are not intended by the legislator. The study estimates the number of people who take up self-employment each year and draw capital from the second pillar, as well as the risk of losing capital from old-age provision due to economic difficulties. The study concludes a series of measures to reduce the risk of loss of retirement capital.

Election studies are an important data pillar in political and social science, as most political research investigations involve secondary use of existing datasets. Researchers depend on high-quality data because data quality determines the accuracy of the conclusions drawn from statistical analyses. We outline data reuse quality criteria pertaining to data accessibility, metadata provision, and data documentation using the FAIR Principles of research data management as a framework. We then investigate the extent to which a selection of election studies fulfils these criteria using studies from Western democracies. Our results reveal that although most election studies are easily accessible and well documented and that the overall level of data processing is satisfactory, some important deficits remain. Further analyses of technical documentation indicate that while a majority of election studies provide the necessary documents, there is still room for improvement.