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...

We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...

With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can efficiently relieve ailing banks from toxic...

Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...

Das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) und das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) simulieren die fiskalpolitischen und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekte von Investitionen in die Integration der Flüchtlinge, die im Jahr 2015 zugewandert sind. Die Simulationen sind...

Das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) und das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) simulieren die fiskalpolitischen und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekte von Investitionen in die Integration der Flüchtlinge, die im Jahr 2015 zugewandert sind. Die Simulationen sind...