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Optimal taxation : the design of child related cash- and in-kind-benefits

Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2007

This paper contributes to the debate about the optimal design of tax-transfer systems. Based on the theory of optimal taxation, combined with microsimulation and microeconometric techniques we derive the welfare function which makes the current German tax and transfer system for single women...

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A structural approach to estimating the effect of taxation on the labor market dynamics of older workers

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2009

We estimate a dynamic structural life-cycle model of employment, non-employment and retirement that includes endogenous accumulation of human capital and intertemporal non-separabilities in preferences. Additionally, the model accounts for the effect of the tax and transfer system on work...

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Optimal social assistance and unemployment insurance in a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2015

We analyze empirically the optimal design of social insurance and assistance programs when families obtain insurance by making labor supply choices for both spouses. For this purpose, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply and savings decisions of singles and married...

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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany

Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010

years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …

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Empirical welfare analysis in random utility models of labour supply

Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2010

comparison, more explicit. On the basis of microdata from the Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) for married couples in Germany, we …

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Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers

Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214...

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Familien in Deutschland : FiD; enhancing research on families in Germany

Schröder, Mathis; Siegers, Rainer; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2013

Deutschland (FiD)" was initiated. FiD is one of the "related studies" of the SOEP, i.e. a data collection effort closely related …

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Parental leave benefits and breastfeeding in Germany : effects of the 2007 reform

Kottwitz, Anita; Oppermann, Anja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014

this conflict. In 2007, Germany put into effect a new parental leave benefit (Elterngeld). The related reform increased the … duration in Germany. We draw on representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) from 2002 through …

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The effects of family policy on mothers' labor supply : combining evidence from a structural model and a natural experiment

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2014

employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and …

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Local day-care quality and maternal employment : evidence from East and West Germany

Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014

provided differentiated analyses by the youngest child's age and for West and East Germany to examine moderating influences of … Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in …

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