Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279995 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] EconPol Forum [ISSN:] 2752-1184 [Volume:] 24 [Issue:] 5 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 36-40
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
We use a novel methodology for modeling the socio-economic impacts of economic crisis in Germany, and apply it to estimate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. We estimate that German households lost more than 3 percent of their market income in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the effect being strongly regressive. However, the fall in market income was largely offset by the tax-benefit system, which softened the reduction in disposable income to a more modest 0.5 percent. Our study highlights the importance of shorttime work and discretionary policy measures (the Covid-19 one-off child benefit and the increase in the tax allowance for single parents) in cushioning the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The strong income-stabilizing property of shorttime work and discretionary policy measures for low-income earners has also helped overcome a strong reduction in household demand
Document Type: 
Article

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