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The empirical relevance of minimum wages for the low-wage sector

Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 2, pp. 35-37

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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? : a microsimulation study for Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008

an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …

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Making work pay for the elderly unemployed : evaluating alternative policy reforms for Germany

Haan, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - In: FinanzArchiv : European journal of public finance 64 (2008) 3, pp. 380-402

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Basic income reform in Germany : better gradualism than cold turkey

Spermann, Alexander (contributor) - 2006

This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes ("unemployment benefit II") and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...

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The targeted negative income tax (TNIT) in Germany : evidence from a quasi experiment

Spermann, Alexander (contributor); … - 2006

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control … people in Germany by public case managers. -- field experiments ; labor market reform ; negative income tax ; employee …