Due to labor market reforms in Germany some years ago, the incentives to work changed. The paper analyzes the effects … sixties. -- Unemployment benefits ; net wages ; reservation wages ; incentives to work … on the reservation wages for specific groups. It is assumed that reservation wages are determined by the replacement …

. 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 ; marginal tax rates ; bracket creep ; simulation and forecast of wage …

Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland leisten. Anfang 2005 wurden fast 5,3 Millionen Arbeitslose gezählt, die offizielle Arbeitslosenquote …

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 … strengthening the incentives to work. Other elements of Hartz IVʺ are only touched on. …