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Wie progressiv ist Deutschland? : das Steuer- und Transfersystem im europäischen Vergleich

Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - 2008

When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes … the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax …Deutschland wird häufig ein im europäischen Vergleich überdurchschnittliches Abgabenniveau bescheinigt. Da dies als …

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Happy taxpayers? : income taxation and well-being

Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; … - 2012

This paper offers a first empirical investigation of how labor taxation (income and payroll taxes) affects individuals' well-being. For identification, we exploit exogenous variation in tax rules over time and across demographic groups using 26 years of German panel data. We find that the tax...

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The benefits and problems of linking micro and macro models : evidence from a flat tax analysis

Peichl, Andreas - 2009

tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking feedback effects into account has important implications for the evaluation of …

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Jointly Optimal Taxes for Different Types of Income

Hermle, Johannes - 2018

and the taxation of couples. For these applications, we calculate income type-specific optimal tax rates for Germany using …

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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood …

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Accounting for the spouse when measuring inequality of opportunity

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...

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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990 … in East and West Germany. Our results suggest that equal opportunities in Germany have grown since reunification …. Interestingly, EOp is larger in East than in West Germany. …

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Multidimensional well-being at the top : evidence for Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011

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Does Expert Information Affect Citizens' Attitudes Toward Corona Policies? Evidence from Germany

Fuest, Clemens; Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, … - 2021

Information provided by experts is widely believed to play a key role in shaping attitudes towards policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper uses a survey experiment to assess whether providing citizens with expert information about the health risk of COVID-19 and the economic costs...

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Distributional Effects of Macroeconomic Shocks in Real-Time : A Novel Method Applied to the COVID-19 Crisis in Germany

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Peichl, Andreas; Popp, Martin; … - 2021

and policy responses in real-time and provide the first application to Germany in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic …

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