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Inequality and income dynamics in Germany
Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, Johannes - 2022
We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us - for the first time - to offer a complete picture of the distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that...
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Optimal social assistance and unemployment insurance in a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2015
-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …
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The causal effect of unemployment duration on wages : evidence from unemployment insurance extensions
Schmieder, Johannes; Wachter, Till von; Bender, Stefan - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of long-term unemployment on wages. Job search theory implies that if … Unemployment Insurance (UI) extensions do not affect wages conditional on the month of unemployment exit, then reservation wages do … not bind on average. Then, UI extensions affect mean wages only through unemployment durations and are valid instrumental …
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