I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …

-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) inGermany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did … measurement error in estimating non-take-up. First, we consider misspecifications of the simulation model due, e.g., to households …

social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the …

-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) inGermany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did … measurement error in estimating non-take-up. First, we consider misspecifications of the simulation model due, e.g., to households …

social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the …

compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

and full-time work, respectively. We estimate labor supply reactions and welfare effects using a microsimulation model …