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The unification bonus (malus) in postwall Eastern Germany
Beblo, Miriam; Collier, Irwin L.; Knaus, Thomas - 2001
This paper presents estimates of the unification bonus for East Germans over the period 1991 to 1998. The unification bonus is defined as the discounted value of the difference between a person's actual income and his or her counterfactual real income stream forecast for a hypothetical...
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Crowding out informal care? : evidence from a social experiment in Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper evaluates the effects of a professionally assisted consumer-directed program (Personal Budgets) compared to the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social experiment at seven different sites with a random...
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The German social long-term care insurance - structure and reform options
Arntz, Melanie (contributor) - 2006
Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking social … introduced in Germany which is similar in nature to the other social insurances, such as the health care or pension insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003394081
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany : origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …
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Soziale Experimente mit dem Pflegebudget (2004 - 2008) - Konzeption des Evaluationsdesigns
Arntz, Melanie (contributor);  … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002515481
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Wie lässt sich die gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung mit Hilfe personengebundener Budgets reformieren?
Arntz, Melanie; Spermann, Alexander - 2003
Vor dem Hintergrund des steigenden Kostendrucks und eines Rekorddefizits der gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung von 400 … Mio. - in 2002 setzt die Rürup-Kommission in ihren Reformplänen für die gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung unter anderem auf …
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A simulation method to measure the tax burden on highly skilled manpower
Elschner, Christina (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Taxation and unemployment : an applied general equilibrium approach for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001701741
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Empirical macromodels under test : a comparative simulation study of the employment effects of a revenue neutral cut in social security contributions
Buscher, Herbert S.; Buslei, Hermann; Göggelmann, Klaus; … - 1998 - Preliminary version
In the paper we simulate a revenue-neutral cut in the social security contribution rate using five different types of macro- / microeconomic models, namely two models based on time-series data where the labour market is modelled basically demand oriented, two models of the class of computable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442295
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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions : an effective Tool to shorten welfare receipt and speed up transitions to employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2009
Benefit sanctions imposed on non-compliant welfare recipients are a new element in the German welfare system. In practice, the sanction policy and the application of sanctions vary considerably across the 439 welfare agencies. Based on combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
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