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The flat tax idea is becoming increasingly popular, especially in transition countries in Eastern Europe. The introduction of a flat tax is supposed to have several advantages. However, flat taxes can have a serious drawback in terms of their impact on the distribution of tax burdens. The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of flat tax reforms that do not change the inequality of the income ...
Buenos Aires:
2009,
| Alari Paulus, Andreas Peichl
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International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of disposable income in another. We estimate the size and incidence of in kind or "non cash" benefits from ...
In:
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
29 (2009), 2, 243-266
| Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, Panos Tsakloglou
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In:
Bild der Wissenschaft
(2004), 7, 84-86
| Jochen Paulus
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In:
Bild der Wissenschaft
(2007), 7/2007, 72-75
| Jochen Paulus
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2007,
(ZEWnews Mai 2007)
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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In:
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
230 (2010), 3, 369-371
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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Obwohl Deutschland ein reiches Land ist, gibt es zunehmend Jugendliche, die keine ausreichende finanzielle und emotionale Unterstützung durch Familie und Freunde erfahren. Dies hat negative Folgen für die schulische und berufliche Bildung und für die gesellschaftliche Integration dieser Jugendlichen. Eine ZEWStudie untersucht erstmals das Ausmaß und die wichtigsten Ursachen der „Unverbundenheit von ...
In:
ZEWnews
(2010), 1-2
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto separated, research lines, one from economics, one from psychology, to discuss the relationship between childhood ...
In:
Sozialer Fortschritt
62 (2013), 5, 131-139
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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In:
ZEWnews
(2010), 9, 4-5
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Kathrin Böhmer
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In:
Labour Economics
7 (2000), 5, 629-663
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Frank Reize