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Getting poor to work : three welfare increasing reforms for a busy Germany
Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Steiner, Viktor - 2015
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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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241628
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How important is the family? : evidence from sibling correlations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011
earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows …: the importance of family and community background in Germany is higher than in Denmark and comparable to that in the US … to family and community factors shared by brothers while the corresponding estimates are 43 percent in Germany and 45 …
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Beurteilung unterschiedlicher Reformvorschläge für die Gewerbesteuer aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Sicht
Maiterth, Ralf - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001745536
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Die Gewerbesteuer als ungerechtfertigte "Großbetriebssteuer"? : Eine empirische Analyse
Maiterth, Ralf - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001790124
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Locus of control and low-wage mobility
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Stephani, Jens - 2013
We investigate whether non-cognitive skills - in particular Locus of Control - are important determinants of the labour market processes at the low-wage margin. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190193
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Introducing family tax splitting in Germany : how would it affect the income distribution, work incentives and household welfare?
Steiner, Viktor; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2007 - This version: 05/09/2007
We analyze the effects of three alternative proposals to reform the taxation of families relative to the current German system of joint taxation of couples and child allowances: a French-type family splitting and two full family splitting proposals. The empirical analysis of the effects of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630431
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From bottom to top : the entire distribution of market income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630585
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Verbunden über Generationen : Struktur und Ausmaß der intergenerationalen Einkommensmobilität in Deutschland
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2008
Deutschland. Anhand der Daten des deutschen sozioökonomischen Panels ist es möglich, sowohl Vater-Sohn als auch Vater …-Tochter Paare von 0,2. Das bedeutet, in Deutschland werden im Durchschnitt 17 % bzw. 20 % des elterlichen Einkommensvorteils bzw … belegen für Deutschland ein hohes Maß an intergenerationaler Mobilität. …
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