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The paper includes data on the taxation of wage income (labor income tax and contributions to social security) and capital income in the Federal Republic of Germany. Average tax rates and marginal tax rates for typical wage income earners are shown for the 1977-1999 period; average tax rates are...
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Facing very modest GDP growth in Germany in 2001 and 2002, it is investigated if potential output will – as usually expected – grow by 1.5 to 2.0 percent until 2005. The incentives to work and to invest and their changes in the nineties are analyzed. Given the foreseeable changes of these...
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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 IV? 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. Government expenditures in relation to GDP were reduced, income tax rates were lowered and the budget deficit declined. The structure of government expenditures changed in favor of...
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Die Bundesregierung beabsichtigt, ein so genanntes Kombilohnmodell einzuführen. So soll die Beschäftigung in Deutschland erhöht werden. Der vorliegende Beitrag erläutert, was unter einem Kombilohnmodell zu verstehen ist, welche Modelle es bereits gibt, welche Reformvorschläge gemacht worden...
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Die Finanzlage der Bundesagentur für Arbeit hat sich in den Jahren 2006 und 2007 deutlich verbessert. Neben der wirtschaftlichen Aufwärtsentwicklung haben dazu verschiedene Arbeitsmarktreformen beigetragen. Über die Verwendung der Überschüsse und der angesammelten Rücklage wird heftig...
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Die Finanzlage der Sozialversicherung hat sich in den Jahren 2010 und 2011 vor allem infolge des kräftigen Aufschwungs stark verbessert. Der Budgetüberschuss betrug im Jahr 2011 rund 16 Mrd. Euro, nach einem Defizit in Höhe von 14 Mrd. Euro im Jahr 2009 (Statistisches Bundesamt 2012)....
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