. This paper investigates the importance of incentives inherent in the tax-benefit system for the individual decision to take … incentives at the extensive margin measured by the Participation Tax Rate (PTR), particularly for low-income individuals. Work … incentives are even higher if the time horizon is extended to more than one year, pointing at an overestimation of the …

incentives for lower income classes and to increase durations of unemployment. Standard studies measure work incentives based on … explained by the abolition of earnings-related unemployment assistance. -- welfare ; work incentives ; unemployment … annual income concepts. This paper analyzes how work incentives inherent in the German tax-benefit system evolve when …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

employers encouraged their employees to use the bridge options unemployment or partial retirement instead of the early …

We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance programs … temporary earnings-related unemployment insurance. The optimal amount of social assistance is heavily influenced by income …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …