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Based on a description of the German system of taxes and transfers, the incentives to work are analyzed for several groups of the labor force. The effects of the Hartz IVʺ reform (effective from 2005 onwards) on the incentives receive particular attention. It turns out that the marginal...
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In recent years, a lot of rules concerning government expenditures as well as tax revenues were changed in Germany …
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corporate tax reform in Germany. The financial leverage is measured by the ratio of long-term debt to total capital. Endogeneity …
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will remain a problem in Germany. -- Wage income tax ; marginal tax rates ; bracket creep ; simulation and forecast of wage …
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reduced in 2009 and will be reduced in 2010. Nevertheless, bracket creepʺ will remain a problem in Germany. -- Wage income tax …
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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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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962944
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...
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