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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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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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tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking feedback effects into account has important implications for the evaluation of …
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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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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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preferences in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. In these countries, overall life satisfaction did not significantly decrease, but … oldest reactors. In Germany, political support for the Greens increased significantly, whereas in Switzerland and the UK …
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This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich …
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This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the decision to choose a health plan. We link representative German SOEP panel data from 2007 to 2010 to (i) health plan service quality indicators, (ii) measures of voluntary...
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This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike …
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