"In this paper the basic manifestations and effects of wage subsidies are outlined and the probable employment effects of the existing subsidies are shown. In addition to this the paper analyses what employment effects and fiscal costs would result from proposed changes to the existing forms of...

"In this paper the basic manifestations and effects of wage subsidies are outlined and the probable employment effects of the existing subsidies are shown. In addition to this the paper analyses what employment effects and fiscal costs would result from proposed changes to the existing forms of...

We calculate the expected distributional effects of the European Emissions Trading System combining industry and household-level data. By combining data on direct CO2 emissions by production sector from the German Environmental Account with the German Input-Output Accounts, we calculate the CO2...

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. Drawing on data of the GSOEP, we analyze the distributional and fiscal effects of the tax reform. Our analysis employs microsimulation...

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. An important aim of this tax reform was to improve work incentives and, thereby, foster employment. Drawing on data of the German Socio...