Wissensproduktion und- vermittlung für die evidenzbasierte (fach-)öffentliche Evaluation der Mindestlohn-Gesetzgebung Wie der ab dem 1. Januar 2015 geltende Mindestlohn wirken wird, ist eine offene Frage. Umso wichtiger ist eine rasche wissenschaftliche Evaluation der Wirkungen des Mindestlohnes, für die das Projekt wichtige Datengrundlagen liefert. Die Infrastruktureinrichtung Sozio...
We apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of preference heterogeneity, derived from structural labour supply models. 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. ...
The political economy literature has put forward a multitude of hypotheses regarding the drivers of structural reforms, but few, if any, empirically robust findings have emerged thus far. To make progress, we draw a parallel with model uncertainty in the growth literature and provide a new version of the Bayesian averaging of maximum likelihood estimates (BAMLE) technique tailored to binary logit models. ...
Die vorliegende Studie analysiert die makroökonomischen Stabilisierungs- und mikroökonomischen Verteilungswirkungen der Einführung einer Europäischen Arbeitslosenversicherung. Auf Grundlage dynamischer makroökonomischer Simulationen wird gezeigt, dass ein solches Transfersystem innerhalb des Euroraums – je nach Ausgestaltung – zu einer merklichen Stabilisierung der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung geführt ...
Für Analysen zu Nachbarschaftseffekten mangelt es an Individualdaten, die ausreichend Informationen zur direkten Nachbarschaft der Individuen beinhalten. Auf Ebene der Postleitzahlen soll diese Lücke mit dem DIW-IAB-RWI-Nachbarschaftspanel für Arbeitsmarktdaten geschlossen werden. Auf Grundlage der Integrierten Erwerbsbiografien (IEB) wurden aggregierte Daten zu sozialversicherungspflichtigen Beschäftigten ...
Germany introduced a new mandatory insurance for long-term care in 1995 as part of its social security system. It replaced a system based on means tested social welfare. Benefits from the long-term care insurance are not means tested and depend on the required level of care. The insurance provides both benefits in kind and cash benefits. The new scheme improved the situation for households to organize ...
Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most longterm care systems. However, due to demographic ageing the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as a cost-saving alternative to subsidized formal care. This view, however neglects that many family carers ...
The historic decision at the Euro Summit on July 12, 2015, to continue supporting Greece as a member of the EU and the euro family, provided Greece the chance to return to growth and sustainability, provided it takes the necessary steps to continue with its reforms. Jointly the Greek government with its partners (European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund), agreed ...
