In this paper we investigate experimentally the functioning of a wage tax financed unemployment benefit system on the … explain the budget deficits we observe in the laboratory economies. Furthermore, we find that tax adjustments in order to …

systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a sales-tax-cum-labor-subsidy system versus a wage tax system. The two … relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax … systems are applied to the home country, while the wage tax system always obtains in the foreign country. In stark contrast …

systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a sales-tax-cum-labor-subsidy system versus a wage tax system. The two … relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax … systems are applied to the home country, while the wage tax system always obtains in the foreign country. In stark contrast …

This contribution describes the linkage of microsimulation models and computable general equilibrium (CGE) models using …, microsimulation models allow for detailed labor supply and distributional effects due to policy measures, as individual household data …

Redistribution is an inevitable feature of collective pension schemes and economic experiments have revealed that most … people have a preference for redistribution that is not merely inspired by self-interest. Interestingly, little is known on … evidence on preferences for redistribution and suggest some links to redistribution through pensions. For that purpose we …