| dc.creator |
Caliendo, Marco |
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| dc.creator |
Wrohlich, Katharina |
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| dc.date |
2006 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T07:00:05Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T07:00:05Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18462 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:510324584 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18462 |
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| dc.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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
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| dc.relation |
DIW-Diskussionspapiere 569 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
J68 |
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| dc.subject |
C25 |
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| dc.subject |
H31 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Evaluation |
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| dc.subject |
Natural Experiment |
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| dc.subject |
Difference-in-Differences |
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| dc.subject |
Marginal Employment |
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| dc.title |
Evaluating the German ?Mini-Job? Reform Using a True Natural Experiment |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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