This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative...

This paper develops a model of search on the labour market with training. The model reveals how the tax system can restore the social optimum if the Hosios condition is not satisfied in the private equilibrium. Furthermore, the effects are explored of a second-best reform from average to...

Dieses Gutachten im Auftrag der Bundestagsfraktion von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen untersucht auf Basis des ZEW-Mikrosimulationsmodells und der Haushaltsdaten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) die Einführung eines Garantiesicherungskonzepts.