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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18462| Title: | Evaluating the German ?Mini-Job? Reform Using a True Natural Experiment |
| Keywords: | J68 C25 H31 ddc:330 Evaluation Natural Experiment Difference-in-Differences Marginal Employment |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
| Description: | Increasing work incentives for people with low incomes is a common topic in the policy debate across European countries. The ?Mini-Job? reform in Germany - introduced on April 1, 2003 - can be seen in line with these policies, exempting labour income below a certain threshold from taxes and employees? social security contributions. We carry out an ex-post evaluation to identify the short-run effects of this reform. Our identification strategy uses an exogenous variation in the interview months in the German Socio-Economic Panel, that allows us to distinguish groups that are (or are not) affected by the reform. To account for seasonal effects we additionally use a difference-in-differences strategy. The results show that the short-run effects of the reform are limited. We find no significant short-run effects for marginal employment. However, there is evidence that single men who are already employed react immediately and increase secondary job holding. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18462 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18462 ppn:510324584 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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