several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our baseline estimates indicate an overall ETI of …

exporting on firms' labor demand. Using rich, administrative linked employer-employee panel data from Germany, we explicitly …

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

In the debate on in-work benefits in Germany it is often overlooked that such subsidies may only be effective if basic …

Demographic Aging in Germany Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper …

markets in Germany. This result is robust to stratifying by age, sex, education, national origin, and a variety of other …

In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension …

Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze … den Ruhestand anreizneutral zu gestalten. Early Retirement in Germany: Institutions and Incentives A substantial fraction … and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany, and assess the …