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Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
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quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the abolition of VAT differentiation has …
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numerical model for Germany. The model combines a microsimulation module, which captures the labour-supply decisions of …
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Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
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Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes in Germany have shown that the average effects for the participating … West Germany who benefit from participation in terms of higher employment rates. …
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We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...
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This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on …
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