This Working Paper studies ways to stimulate the private rental sector (PRS) of the housing market – and compares experiences with policies and reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the Czech Republic. Although in many countries the PRS has decreased in importance since the Second...

Can reforms that shift the balance among different taxes in the revenue mix lastingly influence the overall prosperity of an economy and the distribution of income across households? The present study takes this question to the data, using the experience of 34 OECD countries over 1980-2014 to...

Ausgehend von der gegenwärtigen Situation Deutschlands im Bereich der Steuer- und Sozialpolitik untersucht dieses Buch deren Ursachen und analysiert Vorschläge für Steuerreformen und Reformen des sozialen Sicherungssystems und seiner Teile. Mit Hilfe von Mikrosimulationsmodellen werden die...