Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/158615 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Citation: 
[Journal:] Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research [ISSN:] 2510-5027 [Volume:] 38 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) [Place:] Nürnberg [Year:] 2005 [Pages:] 475-492
Publisher: 
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg
Abstract (Translated): 
The paper simulates the labor market impact of a fixed allowance for social insurance contributions. Based on a discrete choice labor supply model estimated using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we evaluate household utility changes triggered by the reform, including behavioral responses. Directly the reform raises individual welfare throughout. However, refinancing its substantial fiscal costs through a general consumption tax reduces aggregate labor supply and household utility levels, with progressive absolute losses. A poll tax preserves the immediate positive labor supply effect, but reverses entirely the benefits from the allowance except for households in the lowest income decile.
Subjects: 
Verteilungseffekte
Lohnsubvention
Beschäftigungseffekte
Sozialabgaben
Freibetrag - Finanzierung
Arbeitskräfteangebot - Modell
Einkommenseffekte
Niedrigeinkommen
Erwerbsverhalten
Arbeitsvolumen
Arbeitszeitwunsch
Steuererhöhung
Document Type: 
Article

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