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Mass weddings, baby boom and full employment? : Nazi Germany's 1933 marriage loan and its efficacy in theory and practice
Somcutean, Cristina - In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 63 (2022) 1, pp. 267-301
In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …
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Arbeitskräftepotenziale der deutschen Wirtschaft : Chancen für Wachstum und Konsolidierung
Hüther, Michael; Jung, Markos; Obst, Thomas - 2021
die vergangene Dekade im deutschen Arbeitsmarkt deutlich, dass der Aufbau zusätzlicher Beschäftigung durch eine … verbesserte Erwerbsintegration ein bedeutsamer Schlüssel zur wirtschaftlichen Dynamik ist. Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt kann auf eine … deutschen Arbeitsmarkt nach der Pandemie zu erwarten sind. Dabei ist es nicht der Anspruch, eine Prognose abzugeben, sondern die …
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Marital sorting, inequality and the role of female labor supply : evidence from East and West Germany
Pestel, Nico - 2015
This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past three decades, while explicitly taking into account labor supply choices. Using rich micro data, the observed distribution of couples' earnings is compared to a counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300737
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Marital sorting, inequality and the role of female labor supply : evidence from east and west Germany
Pestel, Nico - 2015
This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past three decades, while explicitly taking into account labor supply choices. Using rich micro data, the observed distribution of couples' earnings is compared to a counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317821
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Minimum wages and female labor supply in Germany
Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen Falko - 2012
In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study the effects of minimum wages on labor supply using a structural household model where we distinguish between married and single households. In the model, labor supply of married...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629726
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Beyond inequality accounting : marital sorting and couple labor supply
Pestel, Nico - 2014
This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly disentangling effects from increasing assortativeness in couple formation from changing patterns of couples' labor supply behavior. Using German micro data, earnings distributions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421537
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Beyond inequality accounting : marital sorting and couple labor supply
Pestel, Nico - 2014
This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly disentangling effects from increasing assortativeness in couple formation from changing patterns of couples' labor supply behavior. Using German micro data, earnings distributions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408835
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Minimum Wages and Female Labor Supply in Germany
Bredemeier, Christian - 2012
In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study the effects of minimum wages on labor supply using a structural household model where we distinguish between married and single households. In the model, labor supply of married...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099407
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Marital Sorting, Inequality and the Role of Female Labor Supply : Evidence from East and West Germany
Pestel, Nico - 2015
This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past three decades, while explicitly taking into account labor supply choices. Using rich micro data, the observed distribution of couples' earnings is compared to a counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017999
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Reform proposal for marriage taxation in Germany : de facto income splitting with a low transferable amount
Bach, Stefan; Fischer, Björn; Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 41/42, pp. 423-432
Two traditional options for reforming Ehegattensplitting, the joint taxation of married couples with full income splitting, are de facto income splitting (Realsplitting) or individual taxation with a transferable personal allowance. However, these proposals do not significantly reduce the...
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