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The parental leave benefit: a key family policy measure, one decade later

On January 1, 2017, the parental leave benefit will be celebrating its tenth anniversary. Although its implementation was hotly debated, it has become a widely accepted family policy measure. Its impact on parental labor supply, the division of labor between parents, fertility, and indicators that reflect the well-being of parents and children have been examined from a variety of perspectives. A global ...

Mütterrente II kommt vor allem unteren Einkommensgruppen zugute

Rund ein Viertel der Rentnerinnen würde von Mütterrente II profitieren – Haushaltsnettoeinkommen der einkommensschwächsten Rentnerinnen unter ihnen würde um sechs Prozent steigen, aber auch wohlhabende wären begünstigt – Kosten für die Reform in Höhe von 3,5 Milliarden Euro würde zu 40 Prozent von der Rentnergeneration getragen Mit der Mütterrente ...

Eine Arbeitslosenversicherung für den Euroraum als automatischer Stabilisator

Die vorliegende Studie analysiert die makroökonomischen Stabilisierungs- und mikroökonomischen Verteilungswirkungen der Einführung einer Europäischen Arbeitslosenversicherung. Auf Grundlage dynamischer makroökonomischer Simulationen wird gezeigt, dass ein solches Transfersystem innerhalb des Euroraums – je nach Ausgestaltung – zu einer merklichen Stabilisierung der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung geführt ...

Indirect Fiscal Effects of Long-Term Care Insurance

Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most long-term care systems. However, due to demographic ageing, the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as a cost-saving alternative to subsidised formal care. This view, however, neglects that many family carers ...

Gutachten Rentenversicherung - Teil 2: Entwicklungen von Beitragssatz und Niveau in der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung: Forschungsprojekt im Auftrag von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

Indirect Fiscal Effects of Long-Term Care Insurance

Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most longterm care systems. However, due to demographic ageing the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as a cost-saving alternative to subsidized formal care. This view, however neglects that many family carers ...

Indirect Fiscal Effects of Long-Term Care Insurance

Informal care by close family members is the main pillar of most longterm care systems. However, due to demographic ageing the need for long-term care is expected to increase while the informal care potential is expected to decline. From a budgetary perspective, informal care is often viewed as a cost-saving alternative to subsidized formal care. This view, however neglects that many family carers ...

Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

We analyze empirically the optimal design of social insurance and assistance programs when families obtain insurance by making labor supply choices for both spouses. For this purpose, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by social programs, savings and the labor ...

Race to the Debt Trap? Spatial Econometric Evidence on Debt in German Municipalities

Through an intertemporal budget constraint, jurisdictions may gain advantages in tax and spending competition by 'competing' on debt. While the existing spatial econometric literature focuses on tax and spending competition, very little is known about spatial interaction via public debt. This paper estimates the spatial interdependence of public debt among German municipalities using a panel on municipalities ...

Public Economics