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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...
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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...
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, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to …
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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...
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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...
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It is often argued that the high level of welfare claims in Germany causes little incentive for workers with low productivity to seek for a job. We examine the influence of the ratio between estimated potential labor income and the welfare payment level on the probability of leaving social...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003955152
It is often argued that the high level of welfare claims in Germany causes little incentive for workers with low productivity to seek for a job. We examine the influence of the ratio between estimated potential labor income and the welfare payment level on the probability of leaving social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318856
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784554