It is widely acknowledged that earnings subsidies promote employment by increasing rewards to labor market activity. This paper asks whether subsidies also affect job duration and wage growth. We provide an analytical framework that identifies causal links between earnings subsidies, job...

The twin problem of in-work poverty and persistent labour market difficulties of low-skilled individuals has been one of the most important drivers of tax-benefit policy reforms in OECD countries in recent years. Employment-conditional cash transfers to individuals facing particular...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung des ifo Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung analysiert vier verschiedene Konzepte für Reformen der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik in Deutschland, die im Laufe des Jahres 2002 von verschiedener Seite in die politische Diskussion eingebracht wurden. Ziel ist, auf...

This paper examines efforts to make work pay, concentrating on U.S. American and German policies and experiments. We are specifically interested in fleshing out the relevance of U.S. American models for a German context as well as the special characteristics of the German situation which do not...

This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...

Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl und Thilo Schaefer, Universität zu Köln, sowie Joachim Mitschke stellen in diesem Beitrag das von ihnen entwickelte Kombilohnmodell, den »Kölner-Kombilohn«, vor und berechnen Beschäftigungs- sowie Aufkommenswirkungen ihres Vorschlags, bei dem gering entlohnte,...

Differently from most European countries and despite the recommendations on the part of the European Commission, Italy still misses a sufficiently systematic and nationwide mechanism of income support. In this paper we want to explore the feasibility, the desirability and the features of a...