Projects of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.12.2025 – 31.01.2027

    Effects of the Minimum Wage on Competitive Conditions and Solo Self-employment

    The project examines the economic effects of the increase in the statutory minimum wage to 12 euros in October 2022 on solo self-employment as well as on competitive and market structures in Germany. While…

  2. Project // 01.12.2024 – 31.12.2025

    Mikrosimulation von Ersparnis und Rentenansprüchen

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.02. – 30.11.2023

    Reform of Transfer Withdrawal Rates and Improving Incentives to Work

    The federal government wants to change the employment allowances for recipients of basic social security benefits in such a way as to strengthen labor supply incentives and avoid the sometimes very high effective…

  2. Project // 01.12.2022 – 30.09.2024

    Gender- and Cohort Differences in Earnings and Employment

    As part of the 6th report on poverty and wealth of the German federal government this project analyzes earnings and labor market participation trajectories of women and men in Germany from a cohort perspective. It…

  3. Project // 01.11.2022 – 30.04.2025

    Quantification of a Basic Child Allowance

    Central to the project are ex ante analyses and quantifications of the

    • effects of the introduction of a basic child allowance, in particular with regard to

    labor supply, transfer dependency, poverty risks of…

  4. Project // 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2025

    Horizon Europe: Welfare Systems and Labour Market Policies for Economic and Social Resilience in Europe

    Four megatrends — technological transformations, globalization, climate change, and demographic changes — are reshaping labor markets, redefining opportunities and risks, and posing new challenges for welfare…