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We estimate a model of labour supply and participation in multiple cash and in-kind welfare programmes. The modeling exploits a reform that affected U.K. single mothers. In-work cash entitlements increased under this reform but eligibility to in-kind child nutrition programmes was lost for some...
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Im Jahr 1997 trat New Labour im Vereinigten Königreich mit dem Versprechen an, eine neue Balance zwischen Eigenverantwortung und staatlicher Fürsorge zu schaffen. Eine Modernisierung des Steuer- und Transfersystems sollte sowohl die Arbeitsanreize verbessern und Erwerbschancen für jeden...
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The functioning of the labour market and the impact of labour market policies are a long-standing issue in social and political debate. In this respect, labour market research acquires the necessary knowledge and often receives impulses from labour market policy. Conversely, progress in the...
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Pension benefit rules depend on individual history far more than taxes do, and age plays a much larger role in pension determination than in tax determination. Apart from some simulation studies, theoretical studies of optimal tax design typically contain neither a mandatory pension system nor...
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negative income tax in Germany, but current experiments are being conducted, in order to assess how successful incentives could … historical, political and economic context of Germany is evaluated for a possible earned income tax credit, and fledgling tax … credit experiments that are currently being conducted in Germany are discussed. A negative income tax is defined in this …
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südeuropäischen Ländern bedeutend geringer als in Mittel- und Nordeuropa. Deutschland liegt bei der Einkommensstabilisierung in beiden … Kreditbeschränkungen in wohlhabenden Ländern wie Deutschland keine so große Rolle spielen. …
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particular transfer on poverty. The countries included in this study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the …
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poverty for working-age households in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States from the mid-1970s to … whole, the comparative evidence seems more consistent with the view of welfare state supporters. Germany, with its …
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