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The idea governing the transition to a market economy in East Germany-in contrast to other Eastern European countries-was that of using socio-political measures to raise East German living conditions to the higher West German standards. And indeed, the rising living standard and subjective...
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We employ data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to examine the income distribution for elderly individuals since German unification. The elderly population, defined as people of age 55 and older, is decomposed by people resident in the Old and New Federal States. Further, we distinguish...
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Since 2000, the individual monthly payments from the Germany Statutory Pension Insurance Scheme (GRV) to new male pensioners have been declining. Those entering retirement today receive an average of 7 percent less than those who retired ten years ago. At the same time, the number of recipients...
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To provide a foundation for political decisions regarding terrorism in Germany, this risk must be thoroughly analyzed. Therefore, an objective risk assessment has to be undertaken. This was done in a sub-project of "Risk Map Germany" (www.cedim.de). Such a spatial mapping of risks requires a...
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During the first years of their existence both the research data centre of the Federal Statistical Office and the statistical offices of the Länder have managed to implement a data infrastructure in Germany, which allows a wide range of scientific analyses of microdata in all fields of official...
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Der Artikel zeigt in den grundlegenden Zügen die Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland seit dem Beginn der Umstrukturierung und zieht eine Bilanz zum Stand des Anpassungsprozesses nach 20 Jahren des Mauerfalls. Wie sich an der Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsleistung zeigen lässt, ist der wirtschaftliche...
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The distributional effect of the increase in the compulsory retirement age depends markedly on the individual employment history and the labor market situation. Based on model simulations and administrative data (Scientific Use Files der Rentenzugangsstatistik 2006) we analyze the income effect...
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In this contribution we analyze Paul Kirchhof's income tax policy proposal with regard to conflicting goals of tax revenue, distributional effects and efficiency considerations. While effects on labor supply are moderate, the tax policy proposal reduces government budget revenue by 20 billion...
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In this paper we analyze the distributional effects of family related transfers in the German pension system. In particular based on a stylized microsimulation model in combination withself-collected survey data we study how different transfer programs affect the pension income and help to...
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The motivation for a high tax rate on high incomes is often based on the attempt to deprive "the rich" of some of their economic wealth even though the individual might not take any advantage of this. The reason for charging higher taxes on "the rich" should be based on the general principles of...
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