positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …

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 …

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 …

We analyze the taxation of top personal incomes in Germany on the basis of an integrated data file of individual tax …

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

system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre …