In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between these …

This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low …-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On … different policies raising low labor earnings at the individual and household levels. In all cases, the labor supply effect is …

influences on household budgets, including fees charged by childcare providers as well as childcare-related tax concessions and …

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …

older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members. …

We evaluate price subsidies and tax credits for child care. We focus on partnered women's labor supply, household … subsidies in terms of increasing average hours worked and household income. However, tax credits disproportionately benefit …

the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours choice framework with fixed costs of work. We … pooling of men's earnings and the household's non-labour income in the female's budget constraint. These differences in …

three European countries which experience severe poverty traps, namely Finland, France and Germany. The potential labor …