We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major …

In this article, we study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … rates are much higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany, absolute levels of structural state dependence however are …

We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation …

When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes … the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax …Deutschland wird häufig ein im europäischen Vergleich überdurchschnittliches Abgabenniveau bescheinigt. Da dies als …

Since the labor market reforms around 2005, known as the Hartz reforms, Germany has experienced declining unemployment … pronounced for male unemployed in west Germany. The effect is driven by income and income satisfaction, but not by the …

restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline in unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …