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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2024
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17587
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Many countries subsidize low-income employments or small jobs. These subsidies and their phasing out can generate labor market frictions and distort incentives. The German Minijob program subsidizes low-income jobs. It generates a 'Minijob trap' with substantial bunching along the earnings distribution. Since 2003, the newly introduced Midijob subsidy aims to reduce the Minijob-induced notch in the net earnings distribution. Midijobs reduce payroll taxes for employments above the Minijob earnings ceiling. We investigate whether introducing Midijobs reduced the Minijob trap. We apply a regression discontinuity design using administrative data and a difference-in-differences estimation using survey data. While in both cases our results show a small positive overall effect of Midijobs on transitions out of Minijobs, they are effective only for a narrow treatment group.
Schlagwörter: 
Midijobs
Minijobs
payroll tax subsidy
causal effects
difference-in-differences
regression discontinuity
SOEP
SIAB
JEL: 
J21
J38
H24
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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