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 …

We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax … findings are as follows: (i) incomes are highly concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (ii) the German economic … concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (iv) although effective tax rates are significantly lower than statutory ones …

Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced exclusively for entrepreneurs in 1994 and 1999/2000. These tax reforms …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … Germany. The - in some cases severe - differences identified are discussed in the context of the surveying and interviewing … exert a major influence on the substantive results and thus on the core findings regarding the social situation of Germany …