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Work Incentives and Labor Supply Effects of the 'Mini-Jobs Reform' in Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2004
security contributions to people with low-earnings jobs) introduced in Germany in April 2003. The analysis is based on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324225
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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/10010265011
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Financial student aid and enrollment into higher education: new evidence from Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008
We estimate the elasticity of enrollment into higher education with respect to the amount of means tested student aid (BAfoeG) provided by the federal government using the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP). Potential student aid is derived on the basis of a detailed taxbenefit microsimulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265021
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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 …
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