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Das Mannheimer Grundsicherungsmodell - der Weg zu einer effizienteren und gerechteren Grundsicherung ohne Absenkung des Arbeitslosengeld II-Niveaus

Genz, Hermann; Spermann, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Wie lässt sich die Grundsicherung in Deutschland effizienter und gerechter ausgestalten, wenn das Arbeitslosengeld II aus politischen Gründen nicht generell gesenkt werden soll und keine zusätzlichen unteren Lohngruppen durch die Tarifpartner vereinbart werden? Das Mannheimer...

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Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

Spermann, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (?unemployment benefit II?) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...

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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform

Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 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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The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment

Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus on a unique data set on welfare recipients in Mannheim and …

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Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

Weiss, Matthias; Garloff, Alfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the … workers and hence their wage leads to an increase in average income and hence in benefits. The increased fallback income, in … unskilled when benefits are endogenous. The model provides a theoretical explanation for diverging developments in wage …

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Fair and efficent taxation under partial control

Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

We study fair and efficient tax-benefit schemes based on income and non-income factors under partial control. Partial control means that each factor is a specific mixture of unobserved ability (randomly drawn by nature) and effort (chosen by individuals who differ in tastes). Factors differ in...

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What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature

Butschek, Sebastian; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group on European labour markets and investigates the employment effects of Active Labour Market Pro-grammes (ALMPs) on this subgroup. Using a meta-analysis, we condense 93 estimates from 33 empir-ical...

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Housing and health

Angel, Stefan; Bittschi, Benjamin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Deprived housing conditions have long been recognized as a source of poor health. Nevertheless, there is scant empirical evidence of a causal relationship between housing and health. The literature identifies two different pathways by which housing deprivation affects health, namely,...

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Short-term training programs for immigrants: do effects differ from natives and why?

Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might …

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School entrance recommendation: A question of age or development?

Horstschräer, Julia; Muehler, Grit - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

According to school entry regulations in most countries, the composition of school entrance cohorts is determined by a fixed cutoff date. This procedure creates inter-cohort differences in age and development which can severely influence educational trajectories. Developmental examinations at...

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