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modelling flat tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking the general equilibrium effects into account has important implications …
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demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …
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In Germany, there is an ongoing debate about how to increase the efficiency of the social security system and … especially its financing. The aim of this paper is to simulate different financing systems for Germany. The introduction of a …
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This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians' outside earnings. In our framework, politicians face a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings. The main hypothesis is that the amount of time spent...
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Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
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changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …
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In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … distribution ; demography ; household size ; decomposition ; Germany …
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reforms on equity and efficiency for the case of Germany. We find that a flat rate tax with a low tax rate and a low basic …
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This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under...
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