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The caring hand that cripples: The East German labor market after reunification (detailed version)

Snower, Dennis J.; Merkl, Christian - 2006

The East German labor market has hardly made any progress since German reunification, despite massive migration flows and support from the West. We argue that East Germany is in trouble precisely because of the support it has received. This paper explores the phenomenon of "the caring hand that...

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Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax?Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

We exploit the exogenous change in marginal tax rates created by the Russian flat tax reformof 2001 to identify the effect of taxes on labor supply of males and females. We apply theweighted difference-in-difference regression approach and instrumental variables to the laborsupply function...

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Income Tax Flattening:Does It Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems onthe size of the shadow economy. By offering a new estimation framework, the paper revivesthe traditional electricity consumption approach to measuring the shadow economy. Itovercomes the limitations of...

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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform:Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Responseand Welfare Effects in Russia

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia`s 2001 flat rate income tax reformon consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expendituresand reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998-2004. Utilizing...

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Public sector pay and corruption : measuring bribery from micro data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor); … - 2006

This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003336505

Income tax flattening : does it help to reduce the shadow economy?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2009

This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow economy. By offering a new estimation framework, the paper revives the traditional electricity consumption approach to measuring the shadow economy. It overcomes the limitations...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860712

Earnings inequality and the informal economy : evidence from Serbia

Krstić, Gorana; Sanfey, Peter - 2010

We analyse the extent and evolution of informality and inequality in the Serbian labour market between 2002 and 2007 …-oriented reforms. Second, the level of inequality in earnings seems to have remained more or less constant over the period, in contrast … important role in explaining earnings inequality. -- Informal economy ; inequality ; Serbia …

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The effect of taxation on informal employment : evidence from the Russian flat tax reform

Slonimczyk, Fabián - 2011

The 2001 Russian tax reform reduced average tax rates for the personal income tax and the payroll or social tax. It also made the tax structure more regressive. Because individuals in the lower income bracket were for the most part not affected, it is possible to estimate the effects of the...

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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change

Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2003

This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill?favoring shifts in the Russian and U.S. economies are driven by the...

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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities

Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Sabirianova … - 2003

The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) augmented by city and regional-specific characteristics from other sources. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we...

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