matching techniques, we analyse the effects of marginal employment on future individual outcome variables such as unemployment …'Marginal employment', i.e. employment at low working hours and earnings not covered by social security, has been …, regular employment and earnings. In addition to average treatment effects, we calculate dynamic and cumulative treatment …

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …-benefit system and net household incomes, also taking into account potential employment effects as well as indirect effects on …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

This paper contributes to the policy-relevant question whether self-employment is a way outof (long-term) unemployment …. We estimate the relationship between the entry rate into selfemploymentand previous (long-term) unemployment on the basis …

This paper contributes to the policy-relevant question whether self-employment is a way out of (long-term) unemployment …. We estimate the relationship between the entry rate into self-employment and previous (long-term) unemployment on the … 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 … analyse the effect of the tax cuts on transitions into and out of self-employment and on the rate of self-employment. We apply … indicate that the decrease in tax rates did not have a significant effect on the self-employment decision …

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

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

which accounts for cohort effects in individual employment and unemployment and earnings over the lifecycle as well as the … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across …

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …