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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
In diesem Beitrag werden die Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und eines Mindestlohnes für Deutschland …In this contribution employment effects of wage subsidies and a minimum wage are analyzed for Germany. Existing studies … general minimum wage for Germany. The magnitude of the negative employment effects depends on the minimum wage level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905958
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Mindestlöhne, Lohnsubventionen und Einkommenssicherung im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Verteilungswirkungen von Reformalternativen für Deutschland
Steiner, Viktor - 2010
Deutschland schon seit längerem und wurden im Zuge der jüngsten Arbeitsmarktreformen ausgeweitet. Aktuelle Reformvorschläge für … Deutschland zielen zum einen auf die weiterführende Reform des Niedriglohnsektors, zum anderen auf dessen Rückführung durch die …
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Horizontal equity in the German tax-benefit system : a simulation approach for employees
Bönke, Timm; Eichfelder, Sebastian - 2010
We analyze the distributive justice of the combined burden of taxes, social security contributions and public transfers on employee households. In order to investigate whether the treatment of families by the aggregate tax-benefit system can be regarded as "fair" we compare the equivalent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962820
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962861
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962944
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Getting the poor to work : three welfare increasing reforms for a busy Germany
Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Steiner, Viktor - 2015
We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...
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The dynamics of earnings in Germany : evidence from social security records
Bönke, Timm; Giesecke, Matthias; Lüthen, Holger - 2015
This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual earnings auto-covariances into a permanent and a transitory component. We employ data on complete earnings life cycles for prime age men born 1935 through 1974 that covers earnings...
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Labour market transitions and the persistence of unemployment - West Germany 1983 - 1992
Steiner, Viktor - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009413211
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234179
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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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