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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a … will only have a minor impact on inequality among households with at least one minimum-wage worker. Low wage earners are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341614
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234179
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241628
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A wealth tax on the rich to bring down public debt? : Revenue and distributional effects of a capital levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487901
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A wealth tax on the rich to bring down public debt? : revenue and distributional effects of a capital levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269236
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A wealth tax on the rich to bring down public debt? : revenue and distributional effects of a capital levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009236841
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A Wealth Tax on the Rich to Bring Down Public Debt? Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014179431
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A Wealth Tax on the Rich to Bring Down Public Debt? Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy
Bach, Stefan - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121166
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … reducing income inequality, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution … ; income distribution ; inequality ; microsimulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962149
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … reducing income inequality, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution … ; income distribution ; inequality ; microsimulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962265