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Drivers of participation elasticities across Europe : gender or earner role within the household?
Bartels, Charlotte; Shupe, Cortnie - 2021
largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation … separately, according to their potential earnings rather than gender. Our results show an average participation elasticity of 0 …
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Household savings decision and income uncertainty
Beznoska, Martin; Ochmann, Richard - 2010
uncompensated interest rate elasticity for savings, in line with the literature, to around zero. Accordingly, any policy … uncertainty, an average household increases savings by 4:4%. These effects vary by household composition and social status …. -- Consumption-savings decision ; interest rate elasticity of savings ; income uncertainty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261306
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Earnings responses to social security contributions
Neumann, Michael - 2015
This paper exploits discontinuities induced by earnings caps for social security contributions (SSC) in Germany to analyse the effect of SSC on gross labour earnings. Empirical evidence is based on two complementary approaches utilising two administrative data sets. First, employment responses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280002
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Using panel data on income satisfaction to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity
Schwarze, Johannes - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433806
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The role of aggregate preferences for labor supply - evidence from low-paid employment
Haywood, Luke; Neumann, Michael - 2017
Labor supply in the market for low-paid jobs in Germany is strongly influenced by tax exemptions - even for individuals to whom these exemptions do not apply. We present compelling evidence that an individual's choice set depends on other workers' preferences because firms cater their job offers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630955
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Differential taxation and firms' financial leverage : evidence from the introduction of a flat tax on interest income
Fossen, Frank M.; Simmler, Martin - 2012
Tax competition for the mobile factor capital has led to a trend in many countries to levy lower taxes on interest income, often introducing differential taxation between interest and business income. In this study, we analyze the effect of such differential taxation on the debt ratio of firms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580147
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The incidence of the European Union Emissions Trading System and the role of revenue recycling : empirical evidence from combined industry- and household-level data
Beznoska, Martin; Cludius, Johanna; Steiner, Viktor - 2012
household-level data. By combining data on direct CO2 emissions by production sector from the German Environmental Account with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579351
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Estimating risky behavior with multiple-item risk measures : an empirical examination
Menkhoff, Lukas; Sakha, Sahra - 2016
We compare seven established risk elicitation methods and investigate how they robustly explain eleven kinds of risky behavior with 760 individuals. Risk measures are positively correlated; however, their performance in explaining behavior is heterogeneous and, therefore, difficult to assess ex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539235
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Measuring state dependence in individual poverty status : are there feedback effects to employment decisions and household composition?
Biewen, Martin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002121750
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"Making Work Pay" in a rationed labour market: the mini-job reform in Germany
Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2005
To tackle mass unemployment and increase participation rates, the German government over recent years has mainly focused on supply side strategies, including 'making work pay' policies. The 2003 Mini-Job reform introduced an extended subsidy of social security contributions for low wage workers....
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