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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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Imposed Benefit Sanctions and the Unemployment-to-Employment Transition : The German Experience
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2008
positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217963
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A Wealth Tax on the Rich to Bring Down Public Debt? Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014179431
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Does Consumption Decline at Retirement? Evidence from Repeated Cross-Section Data for Germany
Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2012
-section data for Germany, this paper analyzes the retirement consumption puzzle for the German case. For our broadest consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167681