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The European Electricity and Climate Policy: Complement or Substitute?

Ein Zehn-Punkte-Plan für eine nachhaltige Energiepolitik in Deutschland

Apply with Caution: Introducing UK-Style In-Work Support in Germany

Estimates of the labour supply effects of recent UK reforms in the area of direct taxes and benefits show that policy can have significant influence on the level of employment. We confirm this in a simulation of an in-work support system introduced into the German tax and benefit system. Our simulation results suggest that introducing in-work tax credits in Germany would increase the employment of ...

Attitudes towards the Euro: An Empirical Study Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

This paper investigates changing attitudes towards the euro over time in Germany using longitudinal micro-data from the German Socio Economic Panel Study. We observe that a large part of the German population was worried about the new currency both before and after its introduction. Social psychological theories provide insight into these attitudes. Concerns regarding the euro are apparently connected ...

Sustainability Impacts of Car Road Pricing: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Austria

Nationwide car road pricing schemes are discussed across Europe. We analyse the impacts of such schemes with respect to environmental, economic and social indicators of sustainability, also quantifying the trade-offs among these three dimensions under different charging principles and revenue recycling options. In our analysis we employ a computable general equilibrium (CGE) approach, develop a modelling ...

Road Pricing in Britain

This paper outlines recent developments regarding road pricing in Britain. Given the widespread view that the London congestion pricing scheme has been a success, it was generally expected that road pricing would be more widely applied in Britain, and successive reports, including an official study for the Department for Transport, have examined the issue at a national level. However, implementation ...

Voting, Inequality and Redistribution

This paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the baseline model produces an equilibrium with the extent of redistributive taxation chosen by the median income earner. If the median is poorer than average, redistribution is from rich to poor, and increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under different assumptions about the economic environment, ...

Beitragssatz, Kassenwettbewerb und Gesundheitsreform: eine empirische Analyse

The premium rates paid for statutory health insurance in Germany play a key role in the competition among health care funds. With the most recent health care reform (GKV-Wettbewerbsstärkungsgesetz GKV-WSG), a range of new products have been introduced that could erode the advantageous selling proposition of the premium rates. In addition to the pure monetary incentive to change health insurance provider, ...

Die Kosten des Klimawandels: der Mensch heizt die Erde auf - was muss er dafür bezahlen?

Intergenerational Mobility and Marital Sorting

We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the extent of intergenerational economic mobility in a framework that highlights the role played by assortative mating. We find that assortative mating plays an important role. On average about 40-50% of the covariance between parents' and own permanent family income can be attributed to the person to ...