This paper follows up recent work on the relationship between (un-)employment and wage effects of social security … in Germany. The main result of the paper is that there is in fact a positive short-run employment effect of a revenue …

This paper follows up recent work on the relationship between (un)employment and wage effects of social security … in Germany. The main result of the paper is that there is in fact a positive shortrun employment effect of a revenue …

neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by …

neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by …

matching techniques, we analyse the effects of marginal employment on future individual outcome variables such as unemployment …'Marginal employment', i.e. employment at low working hours and earnings not covered by social security, has been …, regular employment and earnings. In addition to average treatment effects, we calculate dynamic and cumulative treatment …