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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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Reforming Social Welfare as We Know It? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - 2003

-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … typically assumed by contributors to recent discussions on the potential labour market effects of welfare reforms in Germany …

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Extended benefit entitlement periods and the duration of unemployment in West Germany

Steiner, Viktor - 1997

Germany1, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long?term unemployment … level of long?term unemployment in Germany relative to the United States? …

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Work Incentives and Labor Supply Effects of the 'Mini-Jobs Reform' in Germany

Steiner, Viktor; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2004

security contributions to people with low-earnings jobs) introduced in Germany in April 2003. The analysis is based on a …

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

Haan, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - 2006

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

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Short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' employment and working hours across institutional regimes: an empirical analysis based on the European Community Household...

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct 'institutional regimes', we estimate the short …

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

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 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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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

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Distributional and Fiscal Effects of the German Tax Reform 2000 : A Behavioral Microsimulation Analysis

Steiner, Viktor; Haan, Peter - 2004

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. Drawing on data of the GSOEP, we analyze the distributional and fiscal effects of the tax reform. Our analysis employs microsimulation...

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