effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …

Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced exclusively for entrepreneurs in 1994 and 1999-2000. These tax reforms …

(BAfoeG) in Germany. We evaluate the effectiveness of a recent reform of student aid that substantially increased the amount …

of the classical partisan theory that implies higher public expenditures under leftist parties, we find that governments …

system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre …

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …

positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …

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 …