This paper quantifies the life-cycle incidence of key family policy measures in Germany. The analysis is based on a … Germany benefit considerably from family- and marriage-related transfers, yet also reveal substantial variation behind the …

dependence, we evaluate the 2007 reform of parental leave benefits in Germany, which replaced a flat, means-tested benefit by a …

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups … the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical hypotheses on group specific correlations between regional … Italy. In the case of Germany, results are quite sensitive to the model specification and the employee group considered. In …

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … Germany lead to better earnings prospects compared to degrees obtained abroad for persons with migration background …. Independently of gender and skill level, the estimates affirm higher earnings to educational attainment in Germany. …

This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz ….S. and Germany but there were various country specific aspects of this increase. For the U.S., we find faster wage growth … Germany. Moreover, we see a large role played by cohort effects in Germany, while we find only small cohort effects in the U …

distribution of income in Germany. We simulate stepwise increases in the value-added tax (VAT) rate, which are compensated by …

We analyze the potential influence of a number of factors on the distribution of equivalized net incomes in Germany …