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Intergenerational conflict, partisan politics, and public higher education spending : evidence from the German states
Oberndorfer, Ulrich (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze potential effects of demographic change and political constellations on higher education spending. In our panel analysis of west German states (Laender) for the period 1985 to 2002 we find empirical evidence for the hypothesis of a negative relationship between demographic aging and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003491072
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'Marginal employment': stepping stone or dead end? : Evaluating the German experience
Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007
with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586574
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Making work pay for the elderly unemployed : evaluating alternative policy reforms for Germany
Haan, Peter (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2006
effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497902
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962149
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The minimum wage affects them all : evidence on employment spillovers in the roofing sector
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry - 2012
roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment … wage ; Germany ; capital-labour substitution ; labour-labour substitution ; scale effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675515
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'Marginal employment' and the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from a multi-factor labour demand model for Germany
Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007
marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …’ social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003529162
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Does more generous student aid increase enrolment rates into higher education? : Evaluating the German student aid reform of 2001
Baumgartner, Hans J. (contributor);  … - 2006
(BAfoeG) in Germany. We evaluate the effectiveness of a recent reform of student aid that substantially increased the amount …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297706
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Financial Leverage and Corporate Taxation : Evidence from German Corporate Tax Return Data
Dwenger, Nadja - 2011
corporate tax reform in Germany. The financial leverage is measured by the ratio of long-term debt to total capital. Endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134555
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Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2008
an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724286
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Effective Taxation of Top Incomes in Germany, 1992-2002
Bach, Stefan - 2014
We analyze the taxation of top personal incomes in Germany on the basis of an integrated data file of individual tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709103