This article describes the concept of a property levy („Vermögensabgabe“) of the German Green Party in the context of other property related taxes such as real estate tax and inheritance tax. It explains the advantages of a property levy in contrast to a property tax. Moreover, the...

Family entrepreneurs in all honesty cannot grasp this new concept. Just now, while we are still experiencing a worldwide financial and economic crisis, which has by no means been overcome yet, there is talk of increasing taxation of assets. In recent years, small and medium-sized and larger...

The reintroduction of a wealth tax in Germany would not contribute to more fairness in terms of the ability to pay principle. On the contrary: Since wealth in form of human capital is not taxed, a wealth tax would lead to a massive unequal treatment of people with the same ability to pay. The...

Measures of family policy are located in different branches of the law, mainly in tax law, social law and civil law governing alimony. In Germany, the bundle of relevant rules has evolved historically. There are thus numerous linkages between its single elements which are shaped deliberately...

In Zeiten des demographischen Wandels sind Informationen über die mögliche zukünftige Entwicklung der Bevölkerung besonders wichtig. Die Autoren des Beitrags haben 2005 und 2006 zwei Studien vorgelegt, in denen für ausgewählte deutsche Großstädte mögliche Entwicklungen der Bevölkerung...

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...