The aim of this paper is to apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of random utility models of labour supply. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of the analysis. They also make the ethical priors, implicit in any interpersonal comparison, more explicit. On the ...
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts for the complex interactions between individual wages, the tax-benefit system and net household incomes, also ...
In verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten und Studien hat sich die Abteilung Staat mit Fragen der Vermögensbesteuerung beschäftigt (Vermögensabgabe, Vermögensteuer, Erbschaftsteuer, Grundsteuer, steuerliche Immobilienbewertung).
We analyzed the economic impact and institutional issues of wealth taxation (recurrent wealth tax, inheritance and gift tax, local taxes on land and buildings, one-time capital levy, real estate appraisal).
Inhalt dieses Projekts ist die kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklung des Steuer-Transfer-Simulationsmodells (STSM) des DIW Berlin auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-Oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Anhand dieses Mikrosimulationsmodells ist es möglich, die Verteilungs- und Arbeitsangebotswirkungen verschiedener sozial-, familien- oder steuerpolitischer Reformen zu untersuchen. Das Modell wird regelmä...
Die Abteilung Staat im DIW Berlin veröffentlicht regelmäßig Berichte, Stellungnahmen und Medienbeiträge zu aktuellen Fragen der Steuer- und Sozialpolitik
Taxation changes the expectations of prospective university students about their future level and uncertainty of after-tax income. To estimate the impact of taxes on university enrollment, we develop and estimate a structural microeconometric model, in which a high-school graduate decides to enter university studies if expected lifetime utility from this choice is greater than that anticipated from ...
In order to calculate the burden of a comprehensive and progressive income tax falling on a certain income source, an apportionment scheme for the entire tax burden has to be chosen. This raises the question of how to deal with losses, which is relevant for Germany in view of the heavy losses from renting. Using micro data from tax statistics we analyze the income tax shares of functional income sources ...