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Impacts of an Ageing Society on Macroeconomics and Income Inequality – The Case of Germany Since the 1980s

Faik, Jürgen - 2012

The discussion paper is concerned with the interplay between demography and macroeconomics on one hand and macroeconomics and income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on the empirical basis of the 1984-2010 German...

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Income Inequality and Poverty in Front of and During the Economic Crisis – An Empirical Investigation for Germany 2002-2010

Faik, Jürgen - 2012

Germany in front of and during the economic crisis 2008-2010. This comprises binary logistic regressions where it is tested …

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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty : The Decomposition Approach - Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - 2013

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is determined. E. g., household size might be a criterion...

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Getting the Poor to Work : Three Welfare Increasing Reforms for a Busy Germany

Jessen, Robin - 2015

We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...

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How Important is Precautionary Labor Supply?

Jessen, Robin - 2016

We quantify the importance of precautionary labor supply using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for 2001-2012. We estimate dynamic labor supply equations augmented with a measure of wage risk. Our results show that married men choose about 2.5% of their hours of work or one week...

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Rentenanpassungen stabilisieren : ein Vorschlag

Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens; Clemens, Marius; Göttert, Marcell; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 101 (2021) 7, pp. 572-574

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Die Verteilung der Steuer- und Abgabenlast

Isaak, Niklas; Jäger, Philipp; Jessen, Robin - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 101 (2021) 4, pp. 284-289

Im Rahmen einer Querschnittsanalyse wird die Steuer- und Abgabenlast in Deutschland auf Haushaltsebene für 2018 …

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Why has Income Inequality in Germany Increased from 2002 to 2011? A Behavioral Microsimulation Decomposition

Jessen, Robin - 2017

apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax …

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Polarization of Economic Well-Being, Distributional Conflicts, and Perceptions of Inequality in Germany (Wohlstandspolarisierung, Verteilungskonflikte Und Ungleichheitswahrnehmunge...

Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010

resources and the perception of social inequality in Germany will be picked out as a central theme. By means of empirical … by the wellbeing indicator income – has increased in the Federal Republic of Germany during the recent past. This is … includes some dangers for the democracy and the social stability in Germany although in an EU-27 perspective – at least in …

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Subjective and Objective Living Conditions of Unemployed Persons (Subjektive Und Objektive Lebenslagen Von Arbeitslosen)

Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010

The discussion paper picks out the objective and the subjective well-being of the unemployed in Germany compared to the …

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