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On the other hand, these budget funds are used to cover the socio-political functions assigned to the pension system, such as protection against poverty in old age, consideration of child-raising periods, provision for surviving dependants and much more. Understanding the current, multi-layered financing structure is a key prerequisite for developing well-founded concepts for the future design and optimisation of financing.","onlinedate":"2025-06-06 09:00:00","lang":"German","publication_series":"","publication_date":"20250606","publication_date_year":"","publication_date_full":true,"publication_num_pages":"12","keywords":"[]","jelcodes":"[]","related_publications":"[]","pdf":437332,"zip":null,"link":"","monthly_report":true,"monthly_report_main":false,"monthly_report_volume":"","monthly_report_pages":"","monthly_report_pages_sort":"0","issue":"8","journal":"WIFO Research Briefs","publisher":"","invisible":false,"external":false,"embargo_date":"2025-06-06 09:00:00","types":[44390],"research_groups":[3510],"collaboration":"","persons":[3698],"persons_data":"[{\"personId\":3698,\"personName\":\"Christine Mayrhuber\",\"organisationNames\":[]}]","clients":[],"subclients":[],"partners":[],"topics":[],"host_publication_title":"","host_publication_subtitle":"","place_of_publication":"","host_publication_editors":"[]","type_description":"","output_media":"","chapter":"","article_number":"","citations":"{\"apa\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_apa rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_apa rendering_contributiontoperiodical_apa\\\"><span>Mayrhuber, C.<\\\/span> (2025). <span>Finanzierungsstruktur der Pensionsversicherung in \u00d6sterreich: Zwischen Versicherung und Sozialpolitik<\\\/span>. <span><em>WIFO Research Briefs<\\\/em><\\\/span>, (8).<\\\/div>\",\"vancouver\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_vancouver rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_vancouver rendering_contributiontoperiodical_vancouver\\\"><span>Mayrhuber C<\\\/span>. <span class=\\\"title\\\"><span>Finanzierungsstruktur der Pensionsversicherung in \u00d6sterreich: <span class=\\\"subtitle\\\">Zwischen Versicherung und Sozialpolitik<\\\/span><\\\/span><\\\/span>. <span>WIFO Research Briefs<\\\/span>. 2025 Jun 6;(8).<\\\/div>\",\"bibtex\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_bibtex rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_bibtex rendering_contributiontoperiodical_bibtex\\\"><div>@misc{82e7e85bb3d7400082d978ca8dd316eb,<\\\/div><div>  title    = \\\"Finanzierungsstruktur der Pensionsversicherung in {\\\\\\\"O}sterreich: Zwischen Versicherung und Sozialpolitik\\\",<\\\/div><div>  abstract = \\\"Die Ausgaben f{\\\\\\\"u}r die Alterssicherung im Rahmen der gesetzlichen Pensionsversicherung werden zu etwa 73\\\\% durch Beitr{\\\\\\\"a}ge der aktiv Erwerbst{\\\\\\\"a}tigen und zu rund 27\\\\% durch Mittel aus dem Bundesbudget finanziert. 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