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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3465| Title: | Incentives to work: The case of Germany |
| Keywords: | H24 ddc:330 Income tax rates Contributions to social security Unemployment benefits Implicit tax rates Incentives to work Arbeitsangebot Ökonomischer Anreiz Steuerbelastung Sozialversicherungsbeitrag Arbeitslosenversicherung Reform Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse Deutschland |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel |
| Description: | Based on a description of the German system of taxes and transfers, the incentives to work are analyzed for several groups of the labor force. The effects of the ?Hartz IV? reform (effective from 2005 onwards) on the incentives receive particular attention. It turns out that the marginal (explicit and implicit) tax rates for most groups of the labor force remain high. It is concluded that employment probably will not be affected significantly by that part of the reform which aims at strengthening the incentives to work. Other elements of ?Hartz IV? are only touched on. Based on a description of the German system of taxes and transfers, the incentives to work are analyzed for several groups of the labor force. The effects of the "Hartz IV" reform (effective from 2005 onwards) on the incentives receive particular attention. It turns out that the marginal (explicit and implicit) tax rates for most groups of the labor force remain high. It is concluded that employment probably will not be affected significantly by that part of the reform which aims at strengthening the incentives to work. Other elements of "Hartz IV" are only touched on. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3465 |
| Other Identifiers: | Kiel working paper Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel 1237 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3465 ppn:480223513 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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