This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to simulate a variety of reform scenarios. The...

We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...

Die Mindestlohnkommission hat bis zum 30. Juni 2020 über die Anpassung der Höhe des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns zu beschließen und der Bundesregierung ihren dritten Bericht über die Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns vorzulegen. Hierzu hat sie die Möglichkeit genutzt, vor...

Exploiting unique German administrative data, we estimate the association between an expansion in maternity leave duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design,...

This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to simulate a variety of reform scenarios. The...

Die Mindestlohnkommission hat bis zum 30. Juni 2020 über die Anpassung der Höhe des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns zu beschließen und der Bundesregierung ihren dritten Bericht über die Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns vorzulegen. Hierzu hat sie die Möglichkeit genutzt, vor...

We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...