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We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...
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We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...
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Inspired by Fröhlich and Oppenheimer (1990), an experimental survey in the lab was designed to find out if preferences for three different redistribution schemes differ under a veil of ignorance. The three schemes are a stylized version of the status quo German welfare state (A), a control...
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gap, I identify homeless people in Germany as the least advantaged and assess how this group would be impacted by a basic …. However, the merits of such a policy are generally debated according to the effects on society as a whole, not specifically on … introducing a basic income would affect the homeless population in Germany in terms of income, self-respect, and power. While a …
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This paper studies how society votes on the payroll taxes of a basic income and a social health insurance scheme. Individuals differ along the two most important dimensions when it comes to the design of the two welfare schemes, namely, income and risk. Even though the introduction of a basic...
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Mit der zum 1. April 2003 in Kraft getretenen Reform geringfügiger Beschäftigungsverhältnisse - sog. Minijobs - im Rahmen der Hartz-Gesetze sind vielfältige arbeitsmarktpolitische Ziele verbunden. Die erste empirische Evidenz zur Wirksamkeit der Minijob-Reform nach einem Jahr zeigt, dass,...
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