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Would a flat tax stimulate entrepreneurship in Germany? : a behavioural microsimulation analysis allowing for risk
Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008
-employment in Germany. For the estimation I apply a microsimulation model which is based on the tax-benefit model STSM and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725962
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Copayments for ambulatory care in Germany : a natural experiment using a difference-in-difference approach
Schreyögg, Jonas (contributor);  … - 2008
In response to increasing health expenditures and a high number of physician visits, the German government introduced a copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private insurance were exempt from the copayments, this health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726009
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Mortgage market maturity and homeownership inequality among young households : a five-country perspective
Bičáková, Alena (contributor);  … - 2008
rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … highest and most equally distributed homeownership in this country as well. The mortgage market in Germany is on the other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726010
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Employment effects of welfare reforms : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter (contributor); Prowse, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726084
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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? : a microsimulation study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008
an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726086
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Imposed benefit sanctions and the unemployment-to-employment transition : the German experience
Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008
positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726098
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Die kurzfristigen Steuereffekte der "Thesaurierungsbegünstigung" für Personenunternehmen : eine mikrofundierte Analyse
Broer, Michael (contributor); Dwenger, Nadja (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003651017
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Effective taxation of top incomes in Germany, 1992-2002
Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003651046
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Greenhouse gas mitigation in a carbon constrained world : the role of carbon capture and storage
Praetorius, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2008
sustainable energy future. In this paper, we discuss the relevant issues for the case of Germany. We provide a survey of the … equilibrium model for Germany. The model analyzes the impact of introducing carbon constraints with respect to the deployment of … in Germany. For example, under the assumption of a CO2 policy, both energy efficiency and CCS will contribute to climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779187
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Optimal income taxation of married couples : an empirical analysis of joint and individual taxation
Haan, Peter (contributor); Navarro, Dolores (contributor) - 2008
In this paper we develop a discrete model of optimal taxation of married couples and empirically discuss the optimality of income taxation for this group. To this end, we derive the social welfare function which guarantees that joint taxation of married couples is optimal. We will contrast this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779678