This paper studies the effects of a large welfare benefit reduction on the children in the affected families. The welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark, and it reduced their disposable income by 30 percent on average over the first five years. We show that...

The optimal design of low income support is examined using a structural labour supply model. The approach incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work, childcare costs and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and transfer system. The analysis considers purely Pareto improving...

The optimal design of low income support is examined using a structural labour supply model. The approach incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work, childcare costs and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and transfer system. The analysis considers purely Pareto improving...

We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the past two decades, including the period of relatively "inclusive" growth from 1997-2004 and the Great Recession. We focus on the middle 90%, where trends have contrasted strongly with the "new inequality" at the very top. Household...

Die in Aussicht gestellten Steuererleichterungen beherrschen seit Amtsantritt der neuen Bundesregierung die politische Diskussion. Die vorliegende Studie enthält eine Simulation der mutmaßlichen Auswirkungen einer Umsetzung des von der FDP neu vorgeschlagenen Fünf-Stufen-Konzepts auf den...

Die in Aussicht gestellten Steuererleichterungen beherrschen seit Amtsantritt der neuen Bundesregierung die politische Diskussion. Die vorliegende Studie enthält eine Simulation der mutmaßlichen Auswirkungen einer Umsetzung des von der FDP neu vorgeschlagenen Fünf-Stufen-Konzepts auf den...