We analyze the effects of three alternative proposals to reform the taxation of families relative to the current German system of joint taxation of couples and child allowances: a French-type family splitting and two full family splitting proposals. The empirical analysis of the effects of these proposals on the income distribution and on work incentives is based on a behavioral micro-simulation model ...
Die Besteuerung der Alterseinkünfte in Deutschland wurde mit dem Alterseinkünftegesetz 2004 grundsätzlich neu geregelt. Bisher wurden Altersvorsorgeaufwendungen zusammen mit anderen Vorsorgeaufwendungen bis zu bestimmten Höchstbeträgen als Sonderausgaben berücksichtigt. Diese Regelung hatte zur Folge, dass bei hohen Einkommen nur ein geringer Anteil der Aufwendungen als Sonderausgaben abgezogen werden ...
In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular belief that French high income families ...
In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. An important aim of this tax reform was to improve work incentives and, thereby, foster employment. Drawing on data of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP), we analyze the work incentive and employment effects of this reform on the basis of a behavioral ...