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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728424
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2009
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873325
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Carbon taxes and general joint implementation : an applied general equilibrium analysis for Germany and India
Böhringer, Christoph; Conrad, Klaus; Löschel, Andreas - 2000
Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels … reduction possibilities elsewhere. One concrete option for Germany would be to enter joint implementation with developing … countries such as India where Germany pays emission reduction abroad rather than meeting its reduction target solely by domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444919
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Alternative approaches to discrete working time choice in an AGE framework
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Boeters, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2005
We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003114240
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Discrete working time choice in an applied general equilibrium model
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001945547
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Economic effects of VAT reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan; Böhringer, Christoph; Büttner, Thiess; … - 2006
quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the abolition of VAT differentiation has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328085
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Reformen im Niedriglohnsektor : eine integrierte CGE-Mikrosimulationsstudie der Arbeitsangebots- und Beschäftigungseffekte
Franz, Wolfgang; Guertzgen, Nicole; Schubert, Stefanie; … - 2007
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist die Quantifizierung der mit der Einführung des Arbeitslosengeldes II verbundenen Arbeitsangebots- und Beschäftigungseffekte. Zusätzlich wird ein Reformszenario simuliert, welches die Anreizstruktur im Niedriglohnbereich verbessern soll. Methodisch wird ein...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608115
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Analysing welfare reform in a microsimulation-AGE model : the value of disaggregation
Arntz, Melanie (contributor) - 2006
We present a combined, consistent microsimulation-AGE model that uses the labour market model PACE-L, data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and a discrete choice labour supply estimation. The model is used to analyse a reform that cuts the social assistance minimum income and lowers the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003394091
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The German labour market reforms in a European context : a DSGE analysis
Fries, Claudia; Seymen, Atılım - 2013
consequently consumption dampening accompanied by beggar-thy-neighbour effects, harming Germany’s trade partners. We check up on …) are only partially driven by the reforms. However, we do not find that the reforms contribute to Germany’s trade surplus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204043
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Environmental tax differentiation between industries and households - implications for efficiency and employment : a multi-sector intertemporal CGE analysis for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph - 2002
This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447142