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Alternative Approaches to Discrete Working Time Choice in an AGE Framework

Arntz, Melanie; Boeters, Stefan; Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005

We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...

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Choosing from the Reform Menu Card: Individual Determinants of Labour Market Policy Preferences

Hennighausen, Tanja; Bischoff, Ivo; Heinemann, Friedrich - 2009

Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to …

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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform

Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008

We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...

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Reforming Home Care Provision in Germany: Evidence from a Social Experiment

Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008

In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...

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The social long-term care insurance in Germany: origin, situation, threats, and perspectives

Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010

This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …

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Reforming Social Welfare as We Know It? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - 2003

-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … typically assumed by contributors to recent discussions on the potential labour market effects of welfare reforms in Germany …

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Wie lässt sich die gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung mit Hilfe personengebundener Budgets reformieren?

Spermann, Alexander; Arntz, Melanie - 2003

Vor dem Hintergrund des steigenden Kostendrucks und eines Rekorddefizits der gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung von 400 Mio. – in 2002 setzt die Rürup-Kommission in ihren Reformplänen für die gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung unter anderem auf die Erprobung so genannter personengebundener...

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Maxi-Arbeitsangebotseffekte oder zusätzliche Arbeitslose durch Mini- und Midi-Jobs?

Spermann, Alexander; Feil, Michael; Arntz, Melanie - 2003

In diesem Beitrag wird auf der Basis des Steuer-Transfer-Mikrosimulationsmodells STSM in Verbindung mit einem diskreten Arbeitsangebotsmodell nach van Soest (1995) der Frage nachgegangen, welche maximalen Arbeitsangebotseffekte von der Reform der geringfügigen Beschäftigung zu erwarten sind....

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Unemployment Durations in West-Germany Before and After the Reform of the Unemployment Compensation System During the 1980s

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2004

This paper empirically analyzes the distribution of unemployment durations in West- Germany before and after the … West Germany. We introduce two proxies for unemployment, since the data do not involve a precise economic definition of …

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Reform of Unemployment Compensation in Germany: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis Using Register Data

Lee, Sokbae; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2005

duration of unemployment. Empirical results for the reform of the unemployment compensation system in Germany during the 1980s …

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