income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that …This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive … joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates by marital status, has a strong and highly significant impact on the …

search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical … their future outcomes are determined by external factors have lower reservation wages. -- Job search behavior ; search …

search productivity, it is also likely that individuals set higher reservation wages. We analyze these relations using a … novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct … relationship between the network size and reservation wages. -- Job search behavior ; unemployment ; social networks …

uncompensated interest rate elasticity for savings, in line with the literature, to around zero. Accordingly, any policy …. -- Consumption-savings decision ; interest rate elasticity of savings ; income uncertainty …

In this paper a new method to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity using individual panel data on income … respondents to be controlled. The approach gives straightforward evidence: Obviously there is an optimal elasticity at which …

composition within the household. -- Optimal taxation of married couples ; joint taxation ; labor supply estimation …

Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …

Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a … study ; Germany …