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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? : a microsimulation study for Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal minimum wage of € 7.5 per hour on the basis of a...

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Imposed benefit sanctions and the unemployment-to-employment transition : the German experience

Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008

We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time hazard...

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Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany : How Would It Affect the Income Distribution and Work Incentives?

Steiner, Viktor (contributor); … - 2006

We analyze the effects of three alternative proposals to reform the taxation of families relative to the current German system of joint taxation of couples and child allowances: a French-type family splitting and two full family splitting proposals. The empirical analysis of the effects of these...

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From bottom to top : the entire distribution of market income in Germany, 1992-2001

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2007

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of an integrated data set of individual tax returns and the German Socio-Economic Panel. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of...

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"Marginal employment": stepping stone or dead end? : evaluating the German experience

Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

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Beschäftigungsförderung und Einkommenssicherung im Niedriglohnbereich : Wege und Irrwege

Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts...

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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...

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Top incomes and top taxes in Germany

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2005

We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax returns data. We derive a measure of economic income from taxable gross income as reported in the tax returns. Thanks to complete sampling, we can deliver a very precise description...

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Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland : Bestandsaufnahme und Bewertung der mikroökonomischen Evaluationsergebnisse

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2005

Förderung von Beschäftigung. Die quantitativ wichtigsten Programme der AAMP in Deutschland waren traditionell die Förderung der … Deutschland bewertet. Die Darstellung wird ergänzt durch die Einbeziehung der Ergebnisse einiger internationaler … Evaluationsstudien zu Instrumenten der AAMP, die zunehmend auch in Deutschland Bedeutung erlangen, für die aber hierzulande derzeit noch …

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