We quantify the unintended effects of a low-wage payroll tax reduction using an equilibrium search model featuring bargaining, worker and firm productivity heterogeneity, labor taxes, and a minimum wage. The decentralized economy is inefficient due to search externalities and labor market policies. We estimate the model using French data and find that a significant reduction in low-wage payroll taxes ...
With the transition from the German national emissions trading system to the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS2) from 2027, final consumer prices for fossil motor and heating fuels are likely to rise significantly. This increase will affect low-income households more noticeably, as they spend a larger share of their income on energy than high-income households. Existing relief measures, such ...
Am 12. November 2024 verhandelt das Bundesverfassungsgericht eine Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen den Solidaritätszuschlag. Eine Entscheidung wird in den nächsten Monaten erwartet. Finanzpolitisch ist der Zuschlag dreieinhalb Jahrzehnte nach der Wiedervereinigung kaum noch zu begründen. Zwar bestehen weiterhin vereinigungsbedingte Belastungen des Bundes. Diese können aber mit dem bestehenden Steuer- und ...
This study examines how inheritance and gift tax systems in combination with gendered parental transfer behavior strengthen gender wealth inequalities. Gender differences in transfers can be reproduced if men benefit differently than women from tax exemptions. This might happen when men and women receive different types of assets where only some are tax exempted. To investigate gendered parental...
Dieses Projekt dient der Weiterentwicklung der Open Source Software GETTSIM . GETTSIM ist ein in der Programmiersprache Python geschriebenes Simulationsmodell, welches das Deutsche Steuer – und Transfersystem abbilden kann. Die Software bietet in Forschung sowie Lehre viele verschiedene Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und wird in Kooperation mit dem IZA (Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit) sowie weiteren...
This project serves to further develop the open source software GETTSIM. GETTSIM is a simulation model written in the programming language Python, which can depict the German tax and transfer system. The software offers a multitude of applications in research and teaching. It is developed in cooperation with the IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) as well as other German research institutes and...
Policymakers widely use tax-based incentives to spur investment and stimulate economic growth. Tax policy has been at the center of emergency measures during the Covid-19 pandemic, and it is now as countries face a significant deterioration in public finances. Yet, empirical tax research is still in disagreement on how taxes affect business investment. We investigate the effect of local business...