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A wealth tax on the rich to bring down public debt? : revenue and distributional effects of a capital levy

Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011

The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...

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From bottom to top : the entire distribution of market income in Germany, 1992-2001

Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

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An integrated micro data base for tax analysis in Germany

Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2017

die Steuerlast in Deutschland? - Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems” (Who bears the tax burden … in Germany? – Distributional Analyses of the German tax and transfer system). Financial support from the Hans Böckler …

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Love thy neighbor : religion and prosocial behavior

Heineck, Guido - 2014

barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to this literature by exploring data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …

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A different look at Lenin's legacy : trust, risk, fairness and cooperativeness in the two Germanies

Heineck, Guido; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2010

question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of …

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Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Heineck, Guido; Wölfel, Oliver - 2010

Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Our results indicate no consistent patterns for …

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Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples : are there spillovers?

Wunder, Christoph; Heineck, Guido - 2012

We analyze how well-being is related to working time preferences and hours mismatch. Selfreported measures of life satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower among workers with working time mismatch. Particularly...

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Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in Germany : the last five decades

Heineck, Guido; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2007

yields that Germany features particularly low intergenerational mobility with respect to educational attainment. This study … investigates the development in intergenerational education mobility in Germany for the birth cohorts 1929 through 1978 and tests …

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The returns to cognitive abilities and personality traits in Germany

Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - 2008

earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we employ scores from an ultra-short IQ-test and a …

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Do smart parents raise smart children? : the intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities

Anger, Silke; Heineck, Guido - 2009

Complementing prior research on income mobility and educational transmission, we provide evidence on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our estimates suggest that individuals' cognitive skills are positively related to...

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