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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis

Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers? employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …

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Labor Supply and Child Care Choices in a Rationed Child Care Market

Wrohlich, Katharina - 2006

Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a …

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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

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New Firm Formation by Industry over Space and Time: A Multi-Level Analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …

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Distributional and Fiscal Effects of the German Tax Reform 2000 : A Behavioral Microsimulation Analysis

Steiner, Viktor; Haan, Peter - 2004

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. Drawing on data of the GSOEP, we analyze the distributional and fiscal effects of the tax reform. Our analysis employs microsimulation...

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Household Taxation, Income Splitting and Labor Supply Incentives : A Microsimulation Study for Germany

Wrohlich, Katharina; Steiner, Viktor - 2004

wives would increase substantially in west Germany, while a significant number of husbands would drop out of the labor force. …

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The Distribution and Heterogeneity of Technical Efficiency within Industries: An Empirical Assessment

Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

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Labor Market Effects of the German Tax Reform 2000

Haan, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - 2005

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. An important aim of this tax reform was to improve work incentives and, thereby, foster employment. Drawing on data of the German Socio...

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Self-employment: A Way to End Unemployment? Empirical Evidence from German Pseudo-Panel Data

Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …

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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

Beblo, Miriam; Lauer, Charlotte; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005

Der Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen genießt derzeit – u.a. auf Grund des schlechten Abschneidens deutscher Schüler bei der PISA-Studie – hohe Priorität in der politischen Agenda. In diesem Beitrag soll untersucht werden, wie sich der Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen auf die Erwerbsbeteiligung von...

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