Durch politische Maßnahmen auf der Ebene der Europäischen Union soll unter anderem die Stabilität der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion sichergestellt werden. Dazu gehört zum Beispiel die Einrichtung des Europäischen Wiederaufbaufonds, der ein erster Schritt zu einer Fiskalunion in der Eurozone sein kann. Im Projekt wird untersucht, wie sich diese und weitere wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen auf die...
Political measures at the level of the European Union are intended, among other things, to ensure the stability of the economic and monetary union. This includes, for example, the establishment of the European Recovery Fund, which can be a first step towards a fiscal union in the Eurozone. The project examines how these, and other economic policy measures affect inequality between households. The...
Recycling of raw material can make a significant contribution to achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Carbon pricing can encourage material recycling by making it more competitive with waste incineration and primary material production. However, accounting for the interactions among different markets in a theoretical model, this paper finds that carbon pricing on material manufacturing alone does ...
Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific societal groups as ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’. The present analysis contributes to this scholarship in a twofold manner. First, it provides a holistic view on the beneficiaries and benefactors of welfare and asks how the public perception of the rich and the poor drives redistributive preferences. ...
Social mobility and equal opportunity are key to thriving societies and economies. In the aftermath of the pandemic and in the context of increasing prices, calls for policymakers to address social and economic inequalities are intensifying. The recently launched Observatory on Social Mobility and Equal Opportunity not only brings together all OECD data points, but also displays the impact of...
Scenarios for financing an unconditional basic income are being developed in the project. Furthermore, the revenue and distribution effects of basic income and financing options are analyzed.
Im Projekt werden mögliche Szenarien zur Finanzierung eines bedinungslosen Grundeinkommens entwickelt. Ferner werden Aufkommen und Verteilungswirkungen von Grundeinkommen und Finanzierungsoptionen analysiert.