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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011

by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269249

Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US : new results

Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681248

Grundeinkommen vs. Kombilohn : Beschäftigungs- und Finanzierungswirkungen und Unterschiede im Empfängerkreis

Fuest, Clemens (contributor); Peichl, Andreas (contributor) - 2007

The economic literature often argues that basic income schemes and low wage subsidies to employees are just special cases of a negative income tax. In this debate, it is ignored that these concepts target different population subgroups. This paper investigates the different target groups and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635166

The benefits of linking CGE and microsimulation models : evidence from a flat tax analysis

Peichl, Andreas (contributor) - 2008

modelling flat tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking the general equilibrium effects into account has important implications …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728672

Wider die Arbeitslosigkeit der beruflich Geringqualifizierten : Entwurf eines Kombilohn-Verfahrens für den Niedriglohnsektor

Fuest, Clemens; Mitschke, Joachim; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003409235

Is a flat tax politically feasible in a grown-up welfare state?

Fuest, Clemens (contributor); Peichl, Andreas (contributor); … - 2007

eÞects, however, are quite small. Although we have derived our results for the case of Germany, we do think that similar …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003477082

Politicians' outside earnings and electoral competition

Becker, Johannes (contributor); Peichl, Andreas (contributor) - 2008

This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians ́outside earnings. We propose a simple theoretical model with politicians facing a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings. The model has a testable...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003670666

Wie progressiv ist Deutschland? : das Steuer- und Transfersystem im europäischen Vergleich

Peichl, Andreas (contributor); Schaefer, Thilo (contributor) - 2008

When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003670698

Measuring richness and poverty : micro data application to Germany and the EU-15

Peichl, Andreas (contributor); Schaefer, Thilo (contributor) - 2006

demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyse the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to the other EU-15 countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. The latter … data. We show that it partly depends on the measure whether the development of richness in Germany is increasing or …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003391705

Accounting for the spouse when measuring inequality of opportunity

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391624