Im Koalitionsvertrag vom November 2009 wurden Steuersenkungen versprochen. Vor allem sollte durch eine Einkommensteuerreform die »kalte Progression« abgebaut werden. Die Steuerschätzung vom Mai 2011 ging von deutlichen Steuermehreinnahmen bis 2015 aus. Gibt es angesichts der...

Créé par une loi du 1er décembre 2008, le revenu de solidarité active (RSA remplace depuis le 1er juin 2009 deux minima sociaux, le revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI) et l'allocation de parent isolé (API), sur les neuf que comptait le système français. Il est conçu pour aider les...

We consider two models of lump sum taxation in pure exchange economy in which the state imposes taxes on (or offers financial aid to) economic agents characterized by their demand functions and initial resources. In the first model the state has its own preferences and uses the collected money...

In 2009, France will replace its income maintenance scheme, "revenu minimum d'insertion", by a new one, revenu de solidarité active, which will improve the beneficiaries'incentives to work. While some have claimed that the reform should lower the current age limit to get the benefit, i.e., 25...

In letzter Zeit mehren sich die Stimmen, die für eine Reform der Einkommensbesteuerung in Deutschland plädieren. Die Reformvorschläge reichen von der von Kirchhof vorgeschlagenen Einfachsteuer bis zur Einführung einer dualen Einkommensteuer, die vom Sachverständigenrat und von Sinn...

Despite several income tax rate reductions in Germany, tax reform measures are proposed by several parties and by specific research groups. The intention is to lower marginal income tax rates substantially and at the same time to reduce or even to abolish tax expenditures. The major proposals...

Le PERP, mis en place en 2003, occupe une place centrale dans le dispositif d'épargne retraite par capitalisation en France. Nous étudions son caractère redistributif en calculant les taux de rendement interne pour des situations types qui varient en fonctions de la catégorie sociale, du...

We use household income tax data to estimate a structural model of female labor supply and utilization of paid child care outside the home. We find that child care costs have little impact on the participation decision of mothers of young children. However, they influence hours of work, as well...

In addition to the pensions delivered by the mandatory social security system, different schemes offer in France the option to purchase private life annuities. These individual annuities are provided by numerous and heterogeneous institutions that rely on more or less rigorous prudential rules...

This paper aims at evaluating the effect of the 1991 French tax reduction on the use of in-home services. The motivation of this study is to determine whether the redistribution it generates in favour of the wealthiest is counterbalanced by an incentive to use more services for less well-off...