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Choosing from the Reform Menu Card - Individual Determinants of Labour Market Policy Preferences
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2009
Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160405
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Heterogeneous Labour Markets in a Microsimulation-Age Model : Application to Welfare Reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan - 2009
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012720436
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Fixing the Leak : Unemployment Incidence Before and After the 2006 Reform of Unemployment Benefits in Germany
Dlugosz, Stephan; Stephan, Gesine; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2010
The law on labour market reforms has severely limited the maximum benefit period for the elderly; with cuts of up to 14 months, depending on the age group. Our paper examines this natural experiment and shows that for the age groups in question, the transition rates from employment to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198376
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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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Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions – An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed Up Transitions Employment?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; Boockmann, Bernhard - 2009
. Benefit sanctions are a partial or complete reduction of the benefit level for a certain period of time. In Germany, sanctions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200072
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ZEW-EviSTA : A Microsimulation Model of the German Tax and Transfer System
Buhlmann, Florian; Hebsaker, Michael; Kreuz, Tobias; … - 2022
This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. The model simulates the German tax and transfer system using household micro level data. By estimating fiscal effects, labor market outcomes as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030338
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A Macroeconomic Model for the Evaluation of Labor Market Reforms
Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - 2010
replacement rate is lower than the current (post-reform) replacement rate in Germany. However, implementing the optimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192132