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The Brazilian Economy after Lula: What to Expect?

Vernengo, Matias - In: CESifo Forum 12 (2011) 1, pp. 17-22

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Zur Herleitung der Thuenenschen Grabsteinformel

Nellinger, Ludwig - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2011

In Abhandlungen von Dorfman und Samuelson 1986 und van Suntum 1988 wird ThÃ¼nens berÃ¼hmte Grabsteinformel unter BerÃ¼cksichtigung seiner spezifischen Annahmen bestÃ¤tigt. Allerdings wird ThÃ¼nens Vorgehen zur Erzielung dieses Ergebnisses bis heute kontrovers diskutiert. Mit diesem...

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Arbeitslosengeld II: Arbeitsanreize und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit.

Koulovatianos, Christos; Schmidt, Ulrich; Schröder, Carsten - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2008

Die Zusammenlegung von Arbeitslosen- und Sozialhilfe hatte unter anderem das Ziel, die Arbeitsanreize für arbeitsfähige Leistungsempfänger zu stärken. Wie sind die Anreizwirkungen zu bewerten? Wirkt der durch Arbeitslosengeld II erreichbare Lebensstandard negativ bei der Entscheidung für...

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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany

Boeters, Stefan; Feil, Michael - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008

"Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...

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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009

"Almost twenty years after German reunification there are still huge income disparities between western and eastern regions in Germany. The main purpose of the paper is to show how social transfer payments reduce these inter-regional disparities. In a first step we examine inequalities in the...

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Inequality and the (self-)selection of international migrants : theory and novel evidence

Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cecily - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007

"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the inequality of earnings and income levels. In an extended version of the Roy-model we consider migration costs, which tend to grow less than proportional with the income level. As a...

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Eine verteilungspolitische Beurteilung aktueller Reformkonzepte zur deutschen Einkommmensbesteuerung

Struch, Georg - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 5, pp. 567-588

The present paper investigates potential fiscal and distributional effects which emerge due to four reform scenarios on the German income tax rate. The analysis is based on a static simulation model for the German tax system using income tax micro-data. The data shows that changing the present...

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Generative Einkommensverteilung und Generationenkonflikt

Roppel, Cirsten; Roppel, Ulrich - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 14, pp. 26-33

In der Vergangenheit war die funktionale Einkommensverteilung das dominierende gesellschaftspolitische Thema. In der … Gegenwart ist es die personelle Einkommensverteilung. In der Zukunft wird es die generative Einkommensverteilung sein; sie wird … Determinanten der intergenerativen Einkommensverteilung und die Sorge, dass eine Verschlechterung der Verteilung für die Jungen das …

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Distributional effects of FDI: How the interaction of FDI and economic policy affects poor households in Bolivia.

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Schweickert, Rainer; Wiebelt, Manfred - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2006

This paper provides a computable general equilibrium analysis of the medium to long-run impact of FDI inflows on poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows enhance economic growth and reduce poverty. However, the income distribution typically...

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Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya.

Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2007

Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...

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