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Intergenerational conflict, partisan politics, and public higher education spending : evidence from the German states

Oberndorfer, Ulrich (contributor); … - 2006

We analyze potential effects of demographic change and political constellations on higher education spending. In our panel analysis of west German states (Laender) for the period 1985 to 2002 we find empirical evidence for the hypothesis of a negative relationship between demographic aging and...

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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 … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

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Making work pay for the elderly unemployed : evaluating alternative policy reforms for Germany

Haan, Peter (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2006

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

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Benefit-entitlement effects and the duration of unemployment : an ex-ante evaluation of recent labour market reforms in Germany

Schmitz, Hendrik (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

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

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Short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' employment and working hours across institutional regimes : an empirical analysis based on the European Community Househol...

Geyer, Johannes (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct 'institutional regimes', we estimate the short …

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Self-employment: a way to end unemployment? : Empirical evidence from German pseudo-panel data

Glocker, Daniela (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

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

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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 …

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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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Getting 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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