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Kommentar zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung
Gebauer, Andrea - In: ifo Schnelldienst 57 (2004) 09, pp. 10-17
Das Volumen der Schattenwirtschaft, also insbesondere von Schwarzarbeit und illegaler Beschäftigung, ist in Deutschland … durch Schwarzarbeit auch zu Wettbewerbsverschärfungen, die legal arbeitende Unternehmen in Schwierigkeiten bringen können … Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung zu begrüßen. Er zielt darauf ab, das …
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Tax evasion, minimum wage non-compliance and informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approach allows us to examine (i) the...
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Creating low skilled jobs by subsidizing market-contracted household work
Brück, Tilman; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003
We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271823
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Creating low skilled jobs by subsidising market-contracted household work
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Brück, Tilman - 2003
We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274091
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Does Worksharing Work? Some Empirical Evidence from the IAB Panel
Simmons, R.; Schank, Thorsten; Andrews, Martyn J. - 2004
Recent policy debate in Europe suggests that a shorter workweek will lead to more jobs (worksharing). We derive and estimate a model where the firm employs two types of worker, some working overtime, the rest standard hours. Worksharing is not always a prediction of the theory. Using German...
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...
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Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2008
The question of the allocation of public R&D funding is becoming particularly important when it comes to identifying the effects of state subsidies, in terms of input or output additionality. This analysis goes one important step further than the existing literature by including the time...
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The effect of subsidies on R&D investment and success: do subsidy history and size matter?
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2009
This study provides insights into the effects of public R&D grants on R&D input and output of firms from Germany …
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Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2009
This paper looks at which firms receive R&D project grants and how this public support evolves over time by considering in particular firm's previous participation. The question of the allocation of public R&D funding is becoming particularly important when it comes to identifying the effects of...
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The reform of the German works constitution act: a critical assessment
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002
Seit 1920 hat sich das Mitbestimmungsrecht in Deutschland mehrfach geändert. Die letzte Änderung brachte eine …
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