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  • Optimal income taxation of lone mothers: an empirical comparison of the UK and Germany

    Optimal tax rules are used to evaluate the optimality of taxation for lone mothers in Germany and Britain. The theoretical model is combined with elasticities derived from the structural estimation of lone mothers’ labour supply. For both countries we do not find that in-work credits with marginal tax rates are optimal. However we show that when the government has a low taste for redistribution, out ...

    In: Economic Journal 119 (2009), 535, F101-F121 | Richard Blundell, Mike Brewer, Peter Haan, Andrew Shephard

  • Differences in work-related attitudes between Millennials and Generation X: Evidence from Germany

    In: Eddy S. Ng, Sean Lyons, Linda Schweitzer , Managing the New Workforce - International Perspectives on the Millennial Generation
    Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
    107-129     | Heiko Breitsohl, Sascha Ruhle

  • Millennials' Public Service Motivation and Sector Choice: A Panel Study of Job Entrants in Germany

    The construct of public service motivation (PSM) has gained a lot of attention as a motivational force for joining the public sector. However, since its introduction by Perry and Wise (1990), research based on longitudinal data linking PSM with actual behavior, i.e. joining the public sector, has remained scarce, particularly with respect to Germany. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel ...

    In: Public Administration Quarterly 40 (2016), 3, 458-489 | Heiko Breitsohl, Sascha Ruhle

  • Fertility progression in Germany: An analysis using flexible nonparametric cure survival models

    Objective: This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to study the transition to second and third births. In particular, we seek to distinguish the factors that determine the timing of fertility from the factors that influence ultimate parity progression. Methods: We employ cure survival models, a technique commonly used in epidemiological studies and in the statistical literature ...

    In: Demographic Research 35 (2016), 18, 505-534 | Vincent Bremhorst, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Philippe Lambert

  • Unemployment and portfolio choice: Does persistence matter?

    Households can rely on private savings or on public unemployment insurance to hedge against the risk of becoming unemployed. These hedging mechanisms are used differently across countries. In this paper, we use a life cycle model to study the effects of unemployment on the portfolio choice of households in the US and in Germany. We distinguish short- and long-term unemployment and find that, in case ...

    In: Journal of Macroeconomics 40 (2014), June 2014, 99-113 | Franziska M. Bremus, Vladimir Kuzin

  • Unemployed - and Unwilling to Work?

    2002,
    (Economic Bulletin)     | Karl Brenke

  • Income Growth in German Households - East Germany Falls Behind

    In: Weekly Report 1 (2005), 15, 193-201 | Karl Brenke
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