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Sufficient Statistic or Not? The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities
Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our baseline estimates indicate an overall ETI of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990918
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Do Literacy and Numeracy Pay Off? On the Relationship between Basic Skills and Earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884134
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Wage Mobility in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …
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