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Measuring Income Insecurity: Analysis of Income Data from the United States, Britain and Germany

This paper seeks to measure and compare income insecurity in the United States, Great Britain and Germany using household income data from the Cross National Equivalence File (CNEF). As definitive techniques for measuring insecurity are yet to be established we present an explorative methodology based upon the volatility of incomes. Though imperfect, the method is well established in the fields of ...

Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany

In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts for the complex interactions between individual wages, the tax-benefit system and net household incomes, also ...

Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state - The case of Germany

While employment effects of minimum wages have been extensively investigated, their effects on the distribution of incomes have received much less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal ...

Two Steps Forward - One Step Back?: Evaluating Contradicting Child Care Policies in Germany

We apply a structural model of mothers’ labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two child care reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously. A legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for children aged 1 year or older. Moreover, a new child care allowance (‘Betreuungsgeld’) came into effect. It is granted to families who do not use publicly subsidized child ...

Estimation and testing in generalized partial linear models—A comparative study

A particular semiparametric model of interest is the generalized partial linear model (GPLM) which extends the generalized linear model (GLM) by a nonparametric component. The paper reviews different estimation procedures based on kernel methods as well as test procedures on the correct specification of this model (vs. a parametric generalized linear model). Simulations and an application to a data ...

The Labour-force Participation of the Wives of Unemployed Men. Comparing Britain and West Germany Using Longitudinal Data

Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany - Who benefits? (Dissertation)

Job Insecurity and Future Labour Market Outcomes

Women's Roles and Women's Poverty (Chapter 11)