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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany - State Dependence Before and after the 'Hartz Reforms'
Königs, Sebastian - 2014
In this article, we study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … rates are much higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany, absolute levels of structural state dependence however are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058362
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A New Targeting - A New Take-Up? Non-Take-Up of Social Assistance in Germany after Social Policy Reforms
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Wiemers, Jürgen - 2014
We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195695
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The immigrant welfare effect : take-up or eligibility?
Castronova, Edward (contributor) - 1999
eligibility determinations difficult. In Germany, by contrast, eligibility for the main cash transfer program, Sozialhilfe (Social … test whether immigrants to Germany are more likely than natives to claim welfare benefits for which they are eligible. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001429121
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First- and second-generation migrants in Germany : what do we know and what do people think
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a … moderate actual public transfer payment dependence of migrants to Germany with the perception of migrants dependence on public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001596284
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Fiskalische Effekte der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland : eine Generationenbilanz
Bonin, Holger - 2001
The paper employs generational accounting to analyze the intertemporal fiscal impact of immigration to Germany … prospective immigrants after arrival. Supposed future immigrants resemble the current migrant population in Germany, the fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001613833
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Eine fiskalische Gesamtbilanz der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland
Bonin, Holger - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001683908
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Distributional Effects of a Minimum Wage in a Welfare State – The Case of Germany
Mueller, Kai-Uwe - 2014
examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060046
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To Claim or Not to Claim : Estimating Non-Take-Up of Social Assistance in Germany and the Role of Measurement Error
Frick, Joachim R.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2008
-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) in Germany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220097
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Quantifying the Psychological Costs of Unemployment : The Role of Permanent Income
Knabe, Andreas; Raetzel, Steffen - 2008
Unemployment causes significant losses in the quality of life. In addition to reducing individual income, it also creates non-pecuniary, psychological costs. We quantify these non-pecuniary losses by using the life satisfaction approach. In contrast to previous studies, we apply Friedman's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220104
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Baseline results from the EU28 EUROMOD ; 2011-2015
Leventi, Chrysa; Vujackov, Sanja - 2016
This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version G3.0+), the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU-28. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537145