On January 1, 2015, Germany introduced a statutory minimum wage of € 8.50 per hour. As the generally positive employment trend in Germany changed little in 2015, proponents of the minimum wage draw a positive…
Fighting child poverty in Germany requires both a sufficiently supportive infrastructure for families and effective financial support.In this project, we analyze possible reforms of the child supplement as …
The brief report updates the ZEW Microsimulation Model used in the overall evaluation of marriage- and family-related benefits and measures with regard to data and legal status. Furthermore distributional effects…
Für eine wirksame und zielgerichtete Steuer- und Sozialpolitik ist eine präzise und umfassende Datenbasis zur Verteilung von Einkommen und Vermögen von zentraler Bedeutung. Im Kontrast dazu ist in Deutschland…
In this project, the economic and legal aspects of a common European Unemployment Insurance system are analyzed. ZEW is part of a large international consortium with project partners in Belgium and the UK.You will…
Although France and Germany are similar in many socio-economic dimensions, their total fertility rates are at the opposite extremes of the spectrum found in the OECD. German family policy has sought to increase…
A recent literature suggests imposing different tax rates on different types of taxpayers. The rationale behind this approach is based on two conditions: (i) The characteristics of the considered types of…
In scientific literature, two key parameters have been established measuring the reaction to income tax changes: labour supply elasticities on the one hand and the elasticity of taxable income on the other.…