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Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II

Aldashev, Alisher; Fitzenberger, Bernd - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

Diese Arbeit untersucht die erwerbsfÄahig eingestuften Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II, die mindestens einmal Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 bezogen haben. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass 16% der Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 während des Zeitraums 2000...

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Is the Welfare State Self-destructive? A Study of Government Benefit Morale

Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus guarantee its viability. This study is the first to assess the empirical validity of...

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Das Mannheimer Grundsicherungsmodell - der Weg zu einer effizienteren und gerechteren Grundsicherung ohne Absenkung des Arbeitslosengeld II-Niveaus

Genz, Hermann; Spermann, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Wie lässt sich die Grundsicherung in Deutschland effizienter und gerechter ausgestalten, wenn das Arbeitslosengeld II aus politischen Gründen nicht generell gesenkt werden soll und keine zusätzlichen unteren Lohngruppen durch die Tarifpartner vereinbart werden? Das Mannheimer...

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Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

Spermann, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (?unemployment benefit II?) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...

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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform

Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

earn high wages and received high unemployment transfers lose most. The behavioural responses mitigate the redistributive …

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The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment

Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ?Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)? is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...

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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature

Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...

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Female labor force participation and the big five

Wichert, Laura; Pohlmeier, Winfried - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

participation decision through different individual preferences from the indirect effects through wages. We can show that …

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Structural labor supply models and wage exogeneity

Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …

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