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Life-Cycle Incidence of Family Policy Measures in Germany: Evidence from a Dynamic Microsimulation Model

This paper quantifies the life-cycle incidence of key family policy measures in Germany. The analysis is based on a novel dynamic microsimulation model that combines simulated family life-cycles for a base population from the 2009 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with a comprehensive tax-benefit model. The results indicate that households in Germany benefit considerably from family- and ...

The Effect of Minimum Wages on Firm-Financed Training – Evidence from the German Construction Sector

The effects of minimum wages on employment and wages have been studied extensively; however, few studies have analyzed the effects on other policy-relevant factors. In this study, I empirically analyze the effect of the minimum wage introduction on firm-provided apprenticeship training in the main construction sector in Germany. The analysis is based on a 50 percent random sample of the IAB...

GC Summer Workshop 2015

For the fourth time the Graduate Center Summer Workshop took place in the avendi Hotel at Griebnitz Lake in Potsdam from June 29th to July 1st 2015. One more time it turned out to be a big success for the participating students. During the three-day workshop, GC12 and GC13 doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The workshop was well ...

SOEP Survey Committee adopted a new SOEP mission statement

The SOEP Survey Committee held its annual meeting on July 3, 2015, in Berlin. In addition to making recommendations for the further development of the diverse SOEP studies (SOEP-Core, SOEP-IS, and the SOEP Related Studies), the Survey Committee also adopted a revision of the SOEP mission statement (download as one document).

Compliance with Endogenous Audit Probabilities

This paper studies the effect of endogenous audit probabilities on reporting behavior in a face-to-face compliance situation such as at customs. In an experimental setting in which underreporting has a higher expected payoff than truthful reporting we find an increase in compliance of about 80% if subjects have reason to believe that their behavior towards an officer influences their endogenous audit ...

Europe's Mechanism for Countering the Risk of Carbon Leakage

The EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a regional cap-and-trade program in a world with no binding international climate agreement. This climate regulation may induce a relocation of production away from Europe, with potentially negative consequences for the European economy. This relocation could lead to carbon leakage, i.e. a shift of greenhouse gas emissions from Europe into regions with ...

A Welfare Analysis of the Electricity Transmission Regulatory Regime in Germany

We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with both cost-plus and revenue-cap regulations. After reviewing international experiences on transmission investment, we first make a qualitative assessment of the overall German regime. The German TSOs have in general incentives to overinvest and inefficiently inflate costs. We further ...

Quantitative Easing - What Are the Side Effects on Income and Wealth Distribution: In-Depth Analysis

Towards a Multidimensional Poverty Index for Germany

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual framework, I apply the Alkire-Foster method using German panel data. I suggest a novel operationalization for deprivation in social participation and a new justification for including material deprivation as an additional dimension. Moreover, I also address the role of an additional...

Lessons for Europe from German Monetary Union

Precisely 25 years ago, on July 1, 1990, German monetary union came into force. On the same day, capital controls in Europe were abolished, creating the basis for European monetary union and the euro. These two historical events fundamentally changed Germany and the rest of Europe. Both German and European monetary union were and still are being heavily criticized and debated. Was the design of German ...