macroeconomic aspects. Our findings suggest that although increasing public expenditure, the reform largely repays its cost by …/GDP ratio. If the great recession did not occur, poverty and inequality would have been significantly reduced by the RSA reform. …

Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty … assistance. As an alternative, we analyze a reform proposal which reduces financial incentives for marginal employment not … covered by social security, and rewards working longer hours by a wage subsidy. Although this alternative reform would yield …

reform …

minimum income without any means-testing. We simulate a proposed basic income reform with a detailed microsimulation model …

subsidization program in Germany. We find that 38% of the aggregate subsidy accrues to the top two deciles of the population, but …