In this paper it is shown that allowing the deduction of work-related expenses has a strictly positive effect on tax efficiency only if two conditions hold jointly: (i) The expenses should be interpretable as real cost and (ii) the expenses should be required for increasing taxable income....

Es wird eine Reform der Ehegattenbesteuerung vorgeschlagen, die darauf abzielt, dienegativen Arbeitsanreize beim Zweitverdiener zu reduzieren. Zu diesem Zweck soll dasEhegattensplitting durch eine Individualbesteuerung ersetzt werden, allerdings nur in demMaße, in dem rechtliche...

The basis for the empirical research on earnings determination is the Mincer equation. Individuals are assumed to make schooling decisions by maximizing earnings. Leisure costs of schooling and labour supply are neglected which has some empirically implausible implications. This paper shows a...

Anfang Juli 2010 legte Gesundheitsminister Philipp Rösler ein Eckpunktepapier vor, aus dem hervorgeht, wie die Bundesregierung die Finanzierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung zu stabilisieren gedenkt. Unter systemischen Gesichtspunkten steht die Einführung einer Zwei-Prozentregel im...

Ausgangspunkt der modelltheoretischen Betrachtungen war in Abschnitt 2.1 die Feststellung, dass die herkömmliche Strafbemessung in weiten Bereichen kühl kalkulierende Steuerhinterzieher von ihrem Tun nicht abbringen wird. Die herkömmliche Strafbemessung folgt dem Gedanken der Bestrafung nach...

Assuming decreasing returns to education and the endogenous supply of qualified and non-qualified labour it is shown to be efficient to supplement a consumption tax with positive incentives for education. If the return from education is isoelastic and if the choice is between (i) subsidizing the...

Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, it is shown to be second-best efficient to deviate from Ramsey's Rule and to distort qualified labour less than nonqualified labour. Furthermore, if the earnings function displays constant elasticity, the...

Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, efficient education policy is characterized for a Ramsey-like scenario in which the government is constrained to use linear instruments. It is shown that education should be effectively subsidized if, and only...