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dc.contributor.authorHaan, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorMyck, Michałen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:47:13Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:47:13Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18448-
dc.description.abstractEstimates of 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 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 employment of single individuals by over 100,000 but it would result in a reduction of labour supply among individuals living in couples by about 70,000. We find that Tax Credits would result in significant reductions of labour supply both among women and men in two earner couples. The result found for men is especially important as it is markedly different from all results found for the UK, where the overall response among men has always been found positive. Our estimation results call for a high degree of caution as far as ?importing? UK-style Tax Credits to Germany is concerned. In-work support based on family income would reinforce the existing work disincentives for secondary earners through joint income taxations, reducing the employment levels of both men and women living in couples.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x555en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelH31en
dc.subject.jelC52en
dc.subject.jelC25en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtax-benefit systemen
dc.subject.keywordin-work benefitsen
dc.subject.keywordmicrosimulationen
dc.subject.keywordhousehold labour supplyen
dc.subject.stwEinkommensteueren
dc.subject.stwSteuerbegünstigungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleApply with Caution: Introducing UK-Style In-work Support in Germany-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn508570751en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp555en

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