Nach dem "Mainzer Modell" erhalten Bezieher von niedrigen Erwerbseinkommen bei Neuaufnahme einer sozialversicherungspflichtigen Beschäftigung Zuschüsse zu ihren Sozialversicherungsbeiträgen. Nach Meinung von Dr. Hans-Peter Klös und Holger Schäfer, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln,...

We analyze the effectiveness of public works programs (PWP, Arbeits-beschaffungsmaßnahmen) in Eastern Germany as measured by their effects on individual future re-employment probabilities in regular jobs. These are estimated by discrete hazard rate models on the basis of individual-level panel...

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of an integrated data set of individual tax returns and the German Socio-Economic Panel. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of...

This paper provides formulas for optimal top marginal tax rates when couples are taxed according to income splitting between spouses, consumption is taxed, and the skill distribution is unbounded. Optimal top marginal income tax rates are computed for Germany using a dataset that includes the...

This paper analytically derives optimal top marginal tax rates when couples are taxed according to income splitting between spouses, consumption is taxed, and the skill distribution is unbounded. Optimal top marginal income tax rates are then quantified for Germany. Estimation results based on...