We study the impact of tax policy on wage negotiations, workers' effort, employment, output and welfare when workers' effort is only imperfectly observable. We show that the different wage-setting motives - rent sharing and effort incentives - reinforce the effects of partial tax policy measures...

Vor dem Hintergrund des gescheiterten Leipziger Modells beleuchte Dr. Ronnie Schöb, Universität Magdeburg und CESifo, die ökonomischen Aspekte einer kommunalen Beschäftigungsförderung durch die Einrichtung kommunaler Beschäftigungsgesellschaften. Er untersucht die fiskalischen Anreize zur...

Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual's sense of identity (i.e. their perception of belonging to a specific social group) and, consequently, feelings of personal happiness and subjective well-being. Labor market policies designed to help the unemployed...