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How Progressive is Germany? Comparing the Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in Europe
Peichl, Andreas - 2008
When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724616
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Politicians' Outside Earnings and Electoral Competition
Becker, Johannes - 2008
This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians' outside earnings. We propose a simple theoretical model with politicians facing a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings. The model has a testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725047
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The Benefits of Linking CGE and Microsimulation Models : Evidence from a Flat Tax Analysis
Peichl, Andreas - 2021
modelling flat tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking the general equilibrium effects into account has important implications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324955
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Measuring Richness and Poverty
Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo; Scheicher, Christoph - 2006
demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyse the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to the other EU-15 countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. The latter … data. We show that it partly depends on the measure whether the development of richness in Germany is increasing or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297013
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Wider die Arbeitslosigkeit der beruflich Geringqualifizierten: Entwurf eines Kombilohn-Verfahrens für den Niedriglohnsektor
Peichl, Andreas; Mitschke, Joachim; Fuest, Clemens; … - 2007
Die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit gehört zu den wichtigsten wirtschaftspolitischen Herausforderungen. Von dieser Arbeitslosigkeit sind gering qualifizierte Arbeitnehmer in besonderer Weise betroffen. Ziel des von uns entwickelnden Kombilohn-Verfahrens für den Niedriglohnsektor ist es,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297015
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Is a Flat Tax politically feasible in a grown-up Welfare State?
Schaefer, Thilo; Peichl, Andreas; Fuest, Clemens - 2007
effects, however, are quite small. Although we have derived our results for the case of Germany, we do think that similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297020
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Grundeinkommen vs. Kombilohn: Beschäftigungs- und Finanzierungswirkungen und Unterschiede im Empfängerkreis
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2007
In der ökonomischen Literatur wird oft argumentiert, dass Kombilohnmodelle und Grundeinkommenskonzepte im Prinzip nur Varianten einer negativen Einkommenssteuer seien. Dabei wird oft übersehen, dass diese Konzepte sehr unterschiedliche Gruppen der Bevölkerung einbeziehen. Dieser Beitrag...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297024
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Politicians' outside earnings and electoral competition
Becker, Johannes; Peichl, Andreas; Rincke, Johannes - 2008
This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians´ outside earnings. We propose a simple theoretical model with politicians facing a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings. The model has a testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297027
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Wie progressiv ist Deutschland?
Schaefer, Thilo; Peichl, Andreas - 2008
Deutschland wird häu…g ein im europäischen Vergleich überdurchschnittliches Abgabenniveau bescheinigt. Da dies als … Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich insgesamt eher im mittleren Bereich anzusiedeln ist. Gleichwohl kann der deutschen …When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297029
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The benefits of linking CGE and Microsimulation Models - Evidence from a Flat Tax analysis
Peichl, Andreas - 2008
modelling flat tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking the general equilibrium effects into account has important implications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297030