Germany is known to have one of the lowest fertility rates among Western European countries and also relatively low … passed a reform of the parental leave benefit system in line with the Scandinavian model. The core piece of the reform is the … paper we simulate fiscal costs and expected labour market outcomes of this reform. Based on a micro-simulation model for …

inequality measures indicate that Germany's feed-in tariff is mildly regressive. -- Income distribution ; redistribution ; tax …

Deutschland zielen zum einen auf die weiterführende Reform des Niedriglohnsektors, zum anderen auf dessen Rückführung durch die … Deutschland schon seit längerem und wurden im Zuge der jüngsten Arbeitsmarktreformen ausgeweitet. Aktuelle Reformvorschläge für …

level. First, we assess the fiscal and distributional impact of this reform using EUROMOD. Second, we estimate labour supply … impacts of the reform based on a structural discrete choice framework. Third, we evaluate the macroeconomic impacts, by … calibrating and shocking the DSGE model QUEST, with the micro-based results. We show that the reform reduces inequality, lowers …

reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became … child care choices in opposite directions. Our model facilitates estimating the joint reform impact as well as disentangling …

employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and … exploit a natural experiment, i.e. the reform of parental leave benefits. By exploiting and combining the advantages of the …

employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and … exploit a natural experiment, i.e. the reform of parental leave benefits. By exploiting and combining the advantages of the …

reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became … child care choices in opposite directions. Our model facilitates estimating the joint reform impact as well as disentangling …