Dr. Christina Benita Wilke (Hamburgisches Weltwirtschaftsinstitut)

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+-Curriculum Vitae

Current position

Since Sep. 2008

Managing Director and Research Scientist, MEA, Universität Mannheim

Research Interests

	Implications of population aging on ...
	...labour market supply
	...the sustainability of pension systems
	...savings behaviour and wealth
	...old-age income
	Simulation models

Education

July - Dec. 2008	Post-doc Research Scientist and Debuty Head of the Research Unit "Old-Age Provision and Savings", MEA, Universität Mannheim
June 2008	Doctoral Thesis "German Pension Reform: On Road Towards a Sustainable Multi-Pillar System", Viva Voce (Dr.rer.pol.), Universität Mannheim
	Advisor: Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan PhD, MEA, Universität Mannheim
	Second Advisor: David Wise, John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, USA
2002 - 2008	PhD Student and Research Fellow, MEA, Universität Mannheim
March 2007	Diploma in Economics, Fernuniversität Hagen, Germany
2004 - 2007	Graduate studies of Economics, Fernuniversität Hagen
June - Sep. 2004	Visiting PhD Scholar, Universita Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy
October 2002	Diploma in Business Administration, Mannheim University, Germany
2000 - 2002	Graduate studies of Business Administration, Mannheim University, Germany
1999 - 2000	Graduate studies of Business Administration and Economics, Ekonomi Högskolan, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
1997 - 1999	Undergraduate studies of Business Administration and Economics, University of Passau, Germany
June 1997	German Abitur, Gymnasium Ganderkesee, Germany
June 1995	Canadian High School Diploma, Mt. Boucherie Secondary School, BC, Canada

Professional Experience

Aug. - Oct. 2001	Internship at Alstom Transport SA, Paris
2000 - 2002	Student Research Assistent, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, Universität Mannheim
Jul. - Sep. 2000	Internship at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting GmbH, Munich
Mar. - Apr. 1999	AIESEC Local Committee, Lima, Peru
Aug. - Oct. 1998	Research Assistant at the Foreign Commercial Service, American Embassy, Berlin

Teaching Experience and Seminar Coordination

June 2006	Workshop on Pension Systems and Demographic Change, Academy 2006/II, Foundation of German Business (SWD), Stuttgart
Feb 2005	Lecture in Poverty in Cities as part of the course "Urban Economics", Universität Mannheim
Summer 2005	Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic II, Mannheim University
Nov 2003	Lecture on Simulation Models as part of the course "The German Pension Insurance - Systems and Reforms", Universität Mannheim
Winter 2003/2004	Teaching Assistant and Seminar Coordination, The German Pension Insurance - System and Reforms, Mannheim University

Grants & Scholarships

Jul. - Oct. 2004	Participation in the European Research Training Network (RTN) Program as a visiting scholar at the Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy
Mar. - Apr. 1999	Participation in the AIESEC Internal Exchange Program, Passau (Germany) - Lima (Peru)
Aug. 1994 - Jun. 1995	Participation in the Rotary Exchange Program, Germany-Canada

Conference Talks

April 2009	Spring Meeting for Young Economists (SMYE), Istanbul, Turkey
February 2009	University Seminar Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy
November 2008	DZA Vortragsreihe, Berlin
April 2008	3 rd European Workshop on Labour Markets and Demographic Change, Rostock, Germany
May 2007	Workshop on the Economics of Aging, Turin, Italy
June 2006	SHARE-13/COMPARE Conference, Prague, Czechia
June 2006	Akademie 2006/II der Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft zum Thema "Demographischer Wandel in Deutschland und Europa - Konsequenzen für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft", Stuttgart, Germany
March 2006	Vollversammlung des Bayerischen Landesfrauenausschusses (BayLFA), München, Germany
November 2005	7. Zweibrücker Symposium der Finanzdienstleistungen, Zweibrücken, Germany
October 2005	7th Workshop Marie-Curie Research Training Network "The Economics of Aging", Venice, Italy
September 2005	World Ageing and Generations Congress, St. Gallen, Switzerland
February 2005	Postgraduate colloquium 2005, Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA), Würzburg, Germany
November 2004	Third Annual MEA Conference, Schwetzingen, Germany
May 2004	3rd Meeting on Social Security and Complementary Pension Systems: Pension Funds Risks, Lisbon, Portugal
March 2003	Postgraduate colloquium 2003, Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA), Würzburg, Germany

Referee Activities

Since 2005	Finanzarchiv
	Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Since 2004	Sozialer Fortschritt

Networks

Since 2005	Member of the Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR)
2004 - 2005	Deputy member of the Baden-Württemberg State Commission on Demographic Change
Since 2002	Member of the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA)
2004 - 2006	Member of the Euroepan Research Training Network (RTN)

Language Skills

German	mother tongue
English	fluent
Swedish	advanced level
French	advanced level
Italian	intermediate level
Spanish	basic level

+-Lehre

FS 2005
Uebung: Makroökonomik II (Diplom)
Instructor: Dr. Christina Benita Wilke

+-Publikationen

Beitrag in Zeitschrift

Coppola, Michela; Wilke, Christina Benita (2014): "At What Age Do you Expect to Retire? Retirement Expectations and Increases in the Statutory Retirement Age". In: Fiscal Studies, 35 (2), pp. 165-188.
Gasche, Martin; Holthausen, Annette; Rausch, Johannes; Wilke, Christina Benita (2012): "Die finanzielle Entwicklung der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung - Simulationsrechnungen mit dem Rentensimulationsmodell MEA-Pensim". In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 61 (3), pp. 337-380.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Gasche, Martin; Wilke, Christina Benita (2010): "Konjunkturabhängigkeit der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung am Beispiel der aktuellen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise". In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 59 (3), pp. 298-328.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Gasche, Martin; Wilke, Christina Benita (2010): "Ein einheitliches Rentensystem für Ost- und Westdeutschland: Simulationsrechnungen zum Reformvorschlag des Sachverständigenrates". In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 11 (1), pp. 16-46.
Wilke, Christina Benita; Börsch-Supan, Axel (2009): "Zur mittel- und langfristigen Entwicklung der Erwerbstätigkeit in Deutschland". In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung (ZAF), 42 (1/2009), pp. 29-48.
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Wilke, Christina Benita (2009): "Zur Anhebung der Altersgrenzen". In: Sozialer Fortschritt, 4/2009 (), pp. 69-79.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2008): "Budget-, Versorgungs- und Verteilungswirkungen der beitragsfreien Entgeltumwandlung". In: Sozialer Fortschritt, 6-7/2008 (), pp. 155-166.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2008): "Zum künftigen Stellenwert der ersten Säule im Gesamtsystem der Alterssicherung". In: DRV Schriften, 80 (), pp. 13-31.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2007): "Wie sinnvoll ist es, die Sozialversicherungsfreiheit der Entgeltumwandlung fortzuführen?". In: Betriebliche Altersversorgung, (5), pp. 393-395.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Wilke, Christina Benita (2005): "Shifting Perspectives: German Pension Reform". In: Intereconomics, 40 (5), pp. 248-253.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2003): "Der Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor und andere Formelmodifikationen zur langfristigen Stabilisierung des Beitragssatzes zur GRV". In: Sozialer Fortschritt, 52 (11-12), pp. 275-284.

Buch

Wilke, Christina Benita (2009): German Pension Reform. Peter Lang, Frankfurt.
Gasche, Martin; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Wilke, Christina Benita (2009): Auswirkungen der Finanzkrise auf die Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung, ihre Beitragszahler und ihre Rentner. MEA, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Wilke, Christina Benita (2006): Gratwanderungen zwischen Generationenvertrag und Eigenvorsorge: Wie Europa die Herausforderungen des demographischen Wandels annimmt. Deutsches Institut für Altersvorsorge (DIA), Köln.
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Essig, Lothar; Wilke, Christina Benita (2005): Rentenlücken und Lebenserwartung. Wie sich die Deutschen auf den Anstieg vorbereiten. Deutsches Institut für Altersvorsorge, Köln.

Buchbeitrag

Wilke, Christina Benita; Börsch-Supan, Axel (2009): "Ruhestandseinkommen und Renteneintrittsalter im europäischen Vergleich", In: Börsch-Supan, A.; Hank, K.; Jürges, H.; Schröder, M., 50plus in Deutschland und Europa - Ergebnisse des Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden , pp. 11-56
Wilke, Christina Benita; Lisa Callegaro (2008): "Public, Occupational and Individual Pension Coverage", In: Börsch-Supan, A.; Brugiavini, A.; Jürges, H.; Kapteyn, A.; Mackenbach, J.; Siegrist, J.; Weber, G. (eds.), Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007), MEA, Mannheim, pp. p. 220-227
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Wilke, Christina Benita (2007): "Das deutsche Rentensystem: Auf dem Weg zu einem NDC-ähnlichen System", In: Holzmann, R.; Palmer, E., Revolution in der Alterssicherung - Beitragskonten auf Umlagebasis, Camous Verlag, Frankfurt/ New York, pp. 699-753
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2007): "How an unfunded Pension System looks like defined Benefits but works like defined Contributions: The German Pension Reform", In: Espina, A., Estado de Bienestar y competitividad - La experiencia europea, Fundación Carolina, Madrid, pp. 319-347
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Wilke, Christina Benita (2005): "The German Public Pension System: How it will become an NDC System Look-Alike", In: Robert Holzmann and Edward Palmer, Pension Reform - Issues and Prospects for Non-Financial Defined Contribution (NDC) Schemes, World Bank, Washington D.C., pp. 573-610

Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier

Holthausen, Annette; Rausch, Johannes; Wilke, Christina Benita (2012): MEA-PENSIM 2.0: Weiterentwicklung eines Rentensimulationsmodells, Konzeption und ausgewählte Anwendungen , MEA Discussion Paper 03-2012
Coppola, Michela; Wilke, Christina Benita (2010): How sensitive are subjective retirement expectations to increases in the statutory retirement age? The German case , MEA Discussion Paper 207-10
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2007): How an Unfunded Pension System looks like Defined Benefits but works like Defined Contributions: The German Pension Reform , MEA Discussion Paper 126-07
Börsch-Supan, Axel; Wilke, Christina Benita (2004): The German Public Pension System: How it Was, How it Will Be , NBER Working Paper No. 10525

Dissertationen

Wilke, Christina Benita (2008): German pension reform: On road towards a sustainable multipillar system, Universität Mannheim

Diplomarbeiten

Wilke, Christina Benita (2002): Makroökonomische Auswirkungen der Riester-Reform 2001 - Analyse anhand eines Simulationsmodells, Universität Mannheim

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