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I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate changes, and population changes while considering labor supply reactions. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), I apply this method to decompose the increase in income...
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I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate changes, and population changes while considering labor supply reactions. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), I apply this method to decompose the increase in income...
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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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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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I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate changes, and population changes while considering labor supply reactions. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), I apply this method to decompose the increase in income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569309
Die deutsche Konjunktur hat im Verlauf des Jahres 2018 an Schwung verloren. Die ohnehin nachlassende Grundtendenz wurde im zweiten Halbjahr durch Probleme in der Automobilindustrie bei der Einführung des Abgas- und Ver- brauchstest WLTP akzentuiert. Der davon au sgehende dämpfende Einfluss auf...
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Das Wachstum des Produktionspotenzials in Deutschland wird in der mittleren Frist zunehmend von der demografischen Entwicklung gebremst. Ältere Bevölkerungsgruppen mit einer zwar steigenden, aber weiterhin vergleichsweise niedrigen Erwerbsbeteiligung gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung. In dieser...
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Using information on desired and actual hours of work, we formulate a discrete choice model of constrained labor supply. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the microsimulation model STSM, we find that hours and participation elasticities are substantially smaller than those in the...
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Die deutsche Konjunktur hat sich im zweiten Halbjahr 2018 deutlich abgeschwächt. Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) stagnierte mehr oder weniger. Eine wesentliche Rolle dabei spielten hier jedoch Sonderentwicklungen in der Automobilindustrie und in der Chemischen Industrie. Allerdings...
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