Projects of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.05. – 30.11.2019

    Social and Regional Importance of Public Services and the Provision of Infrastructure

    As part of the 6th report on poverty and wealth of the German federal government this project analyzes the distributional aspects of the provision of public services. Three closely integrated modules focus on…

  2. Project // 01.05.2019 – 31.07.2020

    Unemployment Benefit Duration and Start-Up Success

    The objective of this research project is to study the causal effect of potential unemployment insurance benefit duration on the actual unemployment duration of unemployed individuals that start a business, their…

  3. Project // 01.01. – 30.11.2019

    MannheimTaxation Preferences for tax simplification - Evidence from survey experiments

    There is a general consensus among both policy-makers and the general public that tax systems in induztrialized countries are too complicated and that it is generally desirable to have simpler tax systems. This…

  4. Project // 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2020

    The Role of Real Estate for old-age Income

    The challenges accompanying demographic change have led many European economies to fundamentally reform their retirement systems by increasingly moving…

  5. Project // 01.10.2018 – 30.09.2019

    Understanding Public Attitudes and Political Preferences in the Context of Automatization of the Labour Force

    The increased use of automation and digitization at the work place is an important part of the public and academic debate on the future role of work in modern societies and potential reforms of the welfare state.…

  6. Project // 01.10.2018 – 30.11.2019

    Do All-Day Primary Schools Contribute to Maternal Labor Supply?

    Compared to other industrialized countries maternal labor supply in Germany is low, i.e. in terms of participation and because a large share of mothers is working parttime.An important determinant of maternal…

  7. Project // 01.09.2018 – 31.08.2019

    MannheimTaxation – Causal Effects of Private Versus Public Health Insurance

    The objective of this research project – which is financed by the Leibniz- ScienceCampus MannheimTaxation – is to study the causal effect of the type of health insurance (private vs public) on different health…

  8. Project // 01.08. – 31.12.2018

    Mikrosimulation von Reformszenarien zur finanziellen Entlastung von Geringverdienern

    Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) hat als Teil des Rah-menvertrags „Ökonomische Bewertung verschiedener Reformoptionen im deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystem“ das Zentrum für Europäische…

  9. Project // 01.07. – 30.09.2018

    Arbeitsangebotseffekte einer Reform des Kinderzuschlags

    Diese Expertise untersucht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend zwei Varianten für eine Reform des Kinderzuschlags, die auf eine Stärkung der Arbeitsanreize zielen. …