In this paper we use a dynamic structural life-cycle model to analyze the employment, fiscal and welfare effects induced by unemployment insurance. The model features a detailed specification of the tax and transfer system, including unemployment insurance benefits which depend on an...

In this paper we use a dynamic structural life-cycle model to analyze the employment, fiscal and welfare effects induced by unemployment insurance. The model features a detailed specification of the tax and transfer system, including unemployment insurance benefits which depend on an...

Using a Mortensen-Pissarides search-and-matching framework, this paper investigates the importance of search frictions in determining the welfare and distributional effects of tax reforms that re-allocate the tax burden from capital to labour income. Calibrating the model to the UK economy, we...

Das Bundeskabinett hat am 27. März 2002 der Einrichtung einer Kommission zur Reform der Gemeindefinanzen zugestimmt. Im Mittelpunkt ihrer Arbeit sollen die Zukunft der Gewerbesteuer sowie die finanziellen Folgen einer effizienteren Abstimmung von Sozial- und Arbeitslosenhilfe für die...