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Estimates of labour supply effects of recent UK reforms in the area of direct taxes and benefits show that policy can have significant influence on the level of employment. We confirm this in a simulation of in-work support system introduced into the German tax and benefit system. Our simulation...
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reform using a behavioural tax-benefit microsimulation model. Ex-ante micro policy evaluations based on labour supply models …
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Estimates of labour supply effects of recent UK reforms in the area of direct taxes and benefits show that policy can have significant influence on the level of employment. We confirm this in a simulation of in-work support system introduced into the German tax and benefit system. Our simulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069024
This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates...
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This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963606
In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in post-war German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. One central aim of this tax reform was to improve work incentives and, thereby, foster employment. In this paper, I estimate an intertemporal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963732
This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761896
by a redistribution within the social insurance funds. Such redistribution, however, contradicts the equivalence … want to redistribute funds in the statutory pension insurance system, they should readjust the redistribution to make it … more targeted. To combat old-age poverty more effectively, the pension entitlements of those at risk should be targeted …
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reform using a behavioural tax-benefit microsimulation model. Ex-ante micro policy evaluations based on labour supply models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324231
We assess the labour supply effects of two 'making work pay' reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favour of policies that distinguish between low effort and low productivity by targeting individuals with low wages rather than individuals with low earnings. In assessing the policies we...
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