We analyze guest-workers' expected duration of stay in Germany within an econometric model taking into account the …

Germany, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long-term unemployment … level of long-term unemployment in Germany relative to the United States? …

-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … reduction of the social assistance withdrawal rate and an earnings-related tax credit. The expected employment and fiscal … supply/demand model embedded in a detailed tax-benefit microsimulation model. We find that the reductions in net social …

In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a … significant tax relief for households. An important aim of this tax reform was to improve work incentives and, thereby, foster … this reform on the basis of a behavioral microsimulation model. We find that the significant reduction of marginal tax …