Due to labor market reforms in Germany some years ago, the incentives to work changed. The paper analyzes the effects on the reservation wages for specific groups. It is assumed that reservation wages are determined by the replacement rates implied by the system of unemployment benefits and by...

The gross wage income distributions for different groups of taxpayers in 2004 are used to derive wage income distributions for 20072013. By applying the rules of income taxation, wage income tax revenues are deduced. Given the tax rate structure introduced in 2007, the average tax rates and the...

The income tax rate structure introduced in 2007 was changed in 2009. The income tax rates will be lowered in 2010, too. The effects on the wage income tax revenues and on the incentives to work are analyzed. It turns out that bracket creepʺ will remain a problem in Germany. -- Wage income tax...

We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts...

Subsidies granted by the German federal government decreased in the 1998–2004 period. Since 2005, subsidies have increased. The transfers to the compulsory health insurance system were raised by very large amounts. Moreover, the subsidies for re-integrating the unemployed were raised. The...

The structure of income taxation in Germany implies that the marginal and the average tax rates will rise in the course of the coming yearseven if the increase of nominal incomes is modest. The elasticity of the wage income tax revenues with respect to gross wages amounts to about 1.9, assuming...

Die Konsolidierung des Bundeshaushalts, wie sie von der „Schuldenbremse“ des Grundgesetzes gefordert wird, lässt keine Spielräume für ausgabenträchtige Reformprojekte. Die Absichtserklärung der Bundesregierung, die im Koalitionsvertrag vereinbarten Projekte anzugehen, wenn die...

Die Bruttolohnschichtungen für die einzelnen Steuerklassen im Jahr 1995 werden anhand der Ergebnisse der volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen fortgeschrieben. Unter Anwendung des tatsächlichen und des geplanten Steuerrechts wird das Lohnsteueraufkommen prognostiziert und simuliert. Die...