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Structural labor supply models and wage exogeneity

Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014 - This version: June 24, 2014

elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …

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Does immigration weaken natives’ support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution : a review of the literature

Stichnoth, Holger; Van der Straeten, Karine - 2009

We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...

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Life-cycle incidence of family policy measures in Germany : evidence from a dynamic microsimulation model

Bonin, Holger; Reuß, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - 2015

This paper quantifies the life-cycle incidence of key family policy measures in Germany. The analysis is based on a novel dynamic microsimulation model that combines simulated family life-cycles for a base population from the 2009 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with a...

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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits : evidence from a structural model

Stichnoth, Holger - 2014

Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence, we evaluate the 2007 reform of parental leave benefits in Germany, which replaced a flat, means-tested benefit by a generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a...

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Completed fertility effects of family policy measures : evidence from a life-cycle model

Abiry, Raphael; Reuß, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - 2014

We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a number of key family policy measures based on data for Germany. Parental leave benefits, child benefits and subsidized childcare are found to have substantial fertility...

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Do higher corporate taxes reduce wages? : micro evidence from Germany

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2013 - This version: May 3, 2013

Because of endogeneity problems very few studies have been able to identify the incidence of corporate taxes on wages … find a negative effect of corporate taxation on wages: a 1 euro increase in tax liabilities yields a 77 cent decrease in …

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Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany

Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014

It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using rich, German administrative linked employer-employee panel...

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The own-wage elasticity of labor demand : a meta-regression analysis

Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014

Firms' labor demand responses to wage changes are of key interest in empirical research and policy analysis. However, despite extensive research, estimates of labor demand elasticities remain subject to considerable heterogeneity. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive meta-regression...

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Do higher corporate taxes reduce wages? : micro evidence from Germany ; this paper is a completely revised version of ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-039

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2015 - First version: July 2011.

This paper estimates the incidence of corporate taxes on wages using a 20-year panel of German municipalities … framework showing that corporate taxes can have a negative effect on wages in various labor market models. Using an event study … corporate taxes on wages. …

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