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Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Applications to Germany 2008-09
Bargain, Oliver; Immervoll, Herwig; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2010
Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the household level. While it is possible to speculate about which groups are likely to be hardesthit, detailed distributional studies are still largely backward-looking. This paper suggests a straightforward...
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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010
In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...
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Employment effects of payroll taxes : an empirical test for Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
This study tests to what degree the incidence of payroll taxes in Germany is on employment and whether in consequence payroll taxes, in particular social insurance contributions, are the culprit behind the growing unemployment problem. Using industry level data for 18 years (1977-1994) we...
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Does tax simplification yield more equity and efficiency? : an empirical analysis for Germany
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of tax simplification on various indicators of the efficiency of the tax system and on the distribution of income. The analysis is based on a simulation model (FiFoSiM) using German income tax and household survey microdata. We model tax simplification as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416429
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Die Flat Tax: wer gewinnt? wer verliert? : eine empirische Analyse für Deutschland
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - 2006
-Reformvarianten in Deutschland auf die Einkommensverteilung auswirken würde, und wer die Gewinner und Verlierer dieser Reformvarianten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416436
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Querverteilung und Spitzeneinkommen in Deutschland : Einkommensungleichheit - Quo Vadis?
Schmid, Kai D.; Peichl, Andreas; Drechsel-Grau, Moritz - 2015
Neuere Studien zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland verdeutlichen, dass die Untererfassung von Spitzeneinkommen in … zwischen Konjunktur und Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland. Entsprechende Auswertungen legen nahe, dass die vermeintliche …
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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015
The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...
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The distribution of household savings in Germany
Späth, Jochen; Schmid, Kai D. - 2016
Savings are, apart from inheritances and transfers, the corner stone for the accumulation of wealth. Against the background of rising economic inequality in industrialized countries and the ongoing assessment of its root causes, analyses of the distribution of savings along the income and wealth...
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The distribution of household savings in Germany
Späth, Jochen; Schmid, Kai D. - 2016
Haushaltsnettoeinkommen und Haushaltsnettovermögen in Deutschland. Es werden Daten der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe (EVS) verwendet …, welche über 40.000 Haushalte in Deutschland erfasst. Unsere Berechnungen basieren auf der aktuellsten Stichprobe für das Jahr … Erinnerungslücken oder Framing können so umgangen werden.Unsere Untersuchung zeigt, dass die Haushaltsersparnis in Deutschland entlang …
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Documentation IZAΨMOD v3.0 : the IZA policy simulation model
Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, … - 2014
This paper describes IZAΨMOD, the policy microsimulation model of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). The model uses household microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and firm data from the German linked employer-employee dataset LIAB. IZAΨMOD consists of three components:...
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