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Optimal Taxes and Transfers under Partial Information

Homburg, Stefan; Lohse, Tim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 225 (2005) 6, pp. 622-629

Effective from 2005, benefits for long-term unemployed have been reduced in Germany to the level of social assistance. This measure reflects the view that "all who are able to work, should work" - a view which makes sense only if the government can distinguish the disabled from the productive....

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Preisbildung bei ambulant und stationaer erbrachten Gesundheitsleistungen

Neubauer, Guenter; Pfister, Florian - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 227 (2007) 5+6, pp. 621-635

In all health care systems exists governmental regulation, as the market for health is unanimously regarded as imperfect. The German health care market is a good example for strongly regulated market in nearly each submarket, partially the determination of prices. Reimbursement of health goods...

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Poverty in Germany – Statistical Inference and Decomposition

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 231 (2011) 2, pp. 178-209

-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003. Results are decomposed by region and household types, and the bootstrap method is … have the highest poverty risk.Most striking is a huge regional divide in poverty which only narrows slightly over the … period under investigation: the incidence and the intensity of poverty are substantially higher in the New states. A …

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Are Personal Budgets a Financially Sound Reform Option for the German Long-Term Care Insurance?

Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 230 (2010) 4, pp. 378-402

In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative home care program of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). By granting the monetary value of in-kind services in cash, personal budgets are considered to enable customized home care arrangements, thereby...

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Der Einfluß von Imputed Rent auf die personelle Einkommensverteilung

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 221 (2001) 3, pp. 285-308

This article deals with various methods concerning income advantages of owner occupied housing (imputed rental value or imputed rents), which shows to be one of the most important non-monetary income components. We also explore the effects of such advantages on the personal distribution of...

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Was fehlt in der EVS? - Eine Verteilungsanalyse hoher Einkommen mit der verknüpften Einkommensteuerstatistik für Selbständige und abhängig Beschäftigte

Merz, Joachim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 223 (2003) 1, pp. 58-90

Prominente Mikrodatenbasis für die Analyse von Einkommen und ihrer Verteilung ist die Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe (EVS). Allerdings sind hohe Einkommen über der "Abschneidegrenze" von 35 000 DM Haushaltsnettoeinkommen pro Monat nicht vorhanden. In dieser Studie wird erstmals der Frage...

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Nichtinanspruchnahme von Sozialhilfe, Eine empirische Analyse des Unerwarteten

Wilde, Joachim; Kubis, Alexander - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 225 (2005) 3, pp. 347-373

Bisherige Studien für Gesamtdeutschland haben ermittelt, dass mehr als die Hälfte der Haushalte, die zum Bezug von Sozialhilfe berechtigt sind, diesen Anspruch nicht geltend machen. Dies widerspricht der Intuition. Das Ziel unserer Studie ist deshalb zum einen, mit Hilfe des...

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Statistical Inference for Measures of Income Mobility.

Trede, Mark - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 3+4, pp. 473-490

and their variances. The empirical illustration examines the development of earnings mobility for both sexes in Germany … whereas the development of female earnings mobility is less clear. Comparing the levels of mobility females are more mobile …

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Kriegsdienstverweigerung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Conscientious Objection in Germany

Haberhauer, Margarete; Maneval, Helmut - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 220 (2000) 2, pp. 129-146

As to the right and the volume of conscientious objection Germany has an exceptional position. At first this paper deals with the legal basis of conscientious objection and presents the number of applications for recognition of conscientious objection from 1958 to 1998. Then hypotheses are...

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Migration, Diasporas and Development: Some Critical Perspectives

Bakewell, Oliver - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 229 (2009) 6, pp. 787-802

, development and diasporas. First, over many years the connection between migration and development has been of marginal interest … for many of those involved in the field of development studies; in many cases, where it has been considered, migration has … been seen as a symptom of a development failure and cause of further underdevelopment. What has changed to bring about the …

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