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Non-Take-Up of Means-Tested Social Benefits in Germany

Harnisch, Michelle - 2019

Unemployment Benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II). Eligibility to these benefits is simulated by applying a microsimulation model based …

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Poverty in Germany: Statistical inference and decomposition

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - 2010

Based on six harmonized cross-sections of the German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure, we study inter-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003. Results are decomposed by region and household types, and the bootstrap method is applied to test for the statistical significance of...

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To claim or not to claim: estimating non-take-up of social assistance in Germany and the role of measurement error

Frick, Joachim R.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2007

Using representative micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the year 2002, we analyse non-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) in Germany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did not claim SA in that year which is slightly...

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Data and model cross-validation to improve accuracy of microsimulation results: Estimates for the Polish household budget survey

Myck, Michal; Najsztub, Mateusz - 2014

representativeness from the point of view of microsimulation analysis. We find important discrepancies between the data weighted with … the point of view of the accuracy of microsimulation results and we show that using a combination of demographic … calibration targets with several economic status variables or tax identifiers from the microsimulation model substantially …

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Financial support for families with children and its trade-off s balancing redistribution and parental work incentives

Myck, Michał; Kurowska, Anna; Kundera, Michał - 2013

Financial support for families with children implies inherent trade-offs some of which are less obvious than others. In the end these trade-offs determine the effectiveness of policy with respect to the material situation of families and employment of their parents. We analyse several kinds of...

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The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratio between Reservation and Market Wages and the Incentives for Labour Supply

Caliendo, Marco; Gambaro, Ludovica; Haan, Peter - 2007

This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates...

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Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany: How Would It Affect the Income Distribution and Work Incentives?

Steiner, Viktor; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2006

on a behavioral micro-simulation model which integrates an empirical household labor supply model into a detailed tax …

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Apply with Caution: Introducing UK-Style In-work Support in Germany

Haan, Peter; Myck, Michał - 2006

Estimates of labour supply effects of recent UK reforms in the area of direct taxes and benefits show that policy can have significant influence on the level of employment. We confirm this in a simulation of in-work support system introduced into the German tax and benefit system. Our simulation...

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Family and labor market choices: Requirements to guide effective evidence-based policy

Kurowska, Anna; Myck, Michal; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2012

Microsimulation methods and models of labor market decisions have attracted a lot of attention as an approach to the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287271

'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market: The Mini-Job Reform in Germany

Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2005

reform using a behavioural tax-benefit microsimulation model. Ex-ante micro policy evaluations based on labour supply models …

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