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Green tax reform and employment : the interaction of profit and factor taxes
Boeters, Stefan - 2001
The employment effects of an ecological tax reform depend decisively on the presence of a profit tax and on the extent to which profits are taxed. This is shown in a model where firms have monopoly power on product markets and bargain over wages with unions on the labour market. In the setting,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428427
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Labor market effects of the German tax reform 2000
Haan, Peter (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002637914
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How tax progression affects effort and employment
Koskela, Erkki (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor) - 2007
Within an efficiency wage framework, we study the effects of two revenue-neutral tax reforms that change the progressivity of the labour tax system. A revenue-neutral increase in both the wage tax and tax exemption and a revenue-neutral change in the composition of labour taxation towards the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608279
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Steuerreformvorschläge in der Diskussion: eine Mikrosimulationsanalyse der Aufkommens-, Beschäftigungs- und Verteilungswirkungen für Österreich
Eckerstorfer, Paul; Steiner, Viktor; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2013
Der Beitrag analysiert die Aufkommens-, Beschäftigungs- und Verteilungswirkungen einer Reformalternative zur Entlastung von Arbeitseinkommen und zur Verbesserung der Effizienz des Steuersystems auf der Basis eines Mikrosimulationsmodells. Die Reformalternative beinhaltet einen Ausgleich der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204176
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Cost-cutting : a strategy for greater wealth and employment? : results of quantitative scenarios for Germany to the year 2010
Görzig, Bernd; Gornig, Martin; Schmidt-Faber, Claudius; … - 1999 - (Revised version)
Introduction Germany currently finds itself in a difficult economic situation, one characterised not only by a long …, pose a threat to Germany's medium-term growth prospects. In the international context the central challenges result from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432493
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Employment effects of welfare reforms : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter (contributor); Prowse, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726084
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Employment effects of welfare reforms : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter (contributor); Prowse, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716521
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Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden : eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien
Wagner, Gert G.; Pannenberg, Markus - 2000
In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433960
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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain
Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accounts", which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402435
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770651