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The incidence of an earned income tax credit : evaluating the impact on wage in the UK

Azmat, Ghazala Yasmeen (contributor) - 2006

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10003335372

Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011

teilweise verringern können. -- Niedriglohnsektor ; Lohnsubvention ; Mindestlohn … analysiert. Studien zum Mindestlohn im Baugewerbe und Simulationen zu einem allgemeinen Mindestlohn weisen einhellig auf … Beschäftigungsverluste durch einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn für die Bundesrepublik hin. Die Größenordnung hängt vom Mindestlohnniveau …

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Minimum wages and poverty

Addison, John T. - 1998

employing rather restrictive assumptions that guarantee the conclusion that an increase in the minimum wage reduces poverty. In … contemporaneous changes in poverty rates. For the period 1983-96, we find indication of a poverty-reducing effect of minimum wages …

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Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system

Steiner, Viktor; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2010

Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty …

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10008664559

Mindestlöhne, Lohnsubventionen und Einkommenssicherung im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Verteilungswirkungen von Reformalternativen für Deutschland

Steiner, Viktor - 2010

einer kompensierenden Lohnsubvention an die Arbeitgeber sowie ein "Beschäftigungsbonus" an Vollzeitbeschäftigte mit geringen … Einkommenssituation im Niedriglohnbereich gegenüber dem Status quo verbessern und die Ungleichheit der Einkommen sowie die gemessene Armut … fiskalische Rückverteilung über eine kompensierende Subventionierung der Arbeitskosten erfolgt. -- Lohnsubventionen ; Mindestlohn …

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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 …

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Minimum wages, spousal tax exemption, and the labor supply of married women in Japan

Haojun, Gong - 2024

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Minimum wages and the rise in solo self-employment

Ganserer, Angelika; Gregory, Terry; Zierahn-Weilage, Ulrich - 2022

Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up to 8.5 percentage points. We explain our findings within a...

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Getting the poor to work : three welfare increasing reforms for a busy Germany

Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Steiner, Viktor - 2015

We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...

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Reforming social welfare in Germany : an applied general equilibrium analysis

Boeters, Stefan - 2003

This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to simulate a variety of reform scenarios. The...

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