The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the …

When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes … the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax …Deutschland wird häufig ein im europäischen Vergleich überdurchschnittliches Abgabenniveau bescheinigt. Da dies als …

die Steuerlast in Deutschland? - Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems” (Who bears the tax burden … in Germany? – Distributional Analyses of the German tax and transfer system). Financial support from the Hans Böckler …

model and tests the hypotheses derived by exploiting the introduction of a "fresh start" policy in Germany in 1999 as a …

system, improved their situation. With newly available panel data on East Germany's socialist past, the German Democratic … the inner support of the system, that is, low support of the GDR predicts better outcomes in capitalism. Individual …, as well as differences in outcomes of the change from socialism to capitalism for these two groups. …

music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries …

Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working …

entitlements and sheds light on determinants of this behavior. Against the background that educational mobility in Germany is low … former socialist East Germany choose to take up student aid than similar West German students. Finally, in line with …

-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that …