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Effective taxation of top incomes in Germany, 1992 - 2002

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2008

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Minimum wage incidence : the case for Germany

Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor) - 2008

Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771867

Dissatisfied with life, but having a good day : time-use and well-being of the unemployed

Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Schöb, Ronnie; … - 2009

We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824758

Top incomes and top taxes in Germany

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2006

We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax … findings are as follows: (i) incomes are highly concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (ii) the German economic … concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (iv) although effective tax rates are significantly lower than statutory ones …

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Changing identity : retiring from unemployment

Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2009, we follow persons from their working life into their retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long-term unemployed people report a substantial increase in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009240724

The growth in military expenditure in Germany 1951 - 2011: did parties matter?

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015

We examine whether government ideology was correlated with the growth in military expenditure in Germany over the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515371

The subjective well-being of workfare participants : insights from a day reconstruction survey

Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2015

Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective well-being - life satisfaction and emotional well-being - separately to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280847

Government ideology and tuition fee policy : evidence from the German states

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013

In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governments were active in introducing tuition...

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Partnership, gender roles and the well-being cost of unemployment

Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2012

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze how a person's employment status affects cognitive well-being. Our results show that unemployment has a negative impact on cognitive, but not on affective well-being, which we...

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Outside earnings, absence, and activity : evidence from German parliamentarians

Arnold, Felix; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

We examine moonlighting by politicians in Germany. In July 2007, the German Supreme Court adjudicated that members of … contributions, interpellations, and group initiatives. We propose that the results for Germany do not corroborate evidence on other …

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