The federal government wants to change the employment allowances for recipients of basic social security benefits in such a way as to strengthen labor supply incentives and avoid the sometimes very high effective…
As part of the 6th report on poverty and wealth of the German federal government this project analyzes earnings and labor market participation trajectories of women and men in Germany from a cohort perspective. It…
Four megatrends — technological transformations, globalization, climate change, and demographic changes — are reshaping labor markets, redefining opportunities and risks, and posing new challenges for welfare…
The aim of this project is to extend ZEW-EviSTA by integrating the latest EVS wave 2018 (Income and Consumption Survey). While income tax-related variables are recorded in the SOEP, information on consumption…
High transfer withdrawal rates are common among social security systems in developed countries around the world. These withdrawal rates of income support programs targeted to low-income earners create high…
Firm location and investment decisions are crucial for the economic prosperity of local communities. To that effect, local governments have a variety of policy tools at their disposal through which they can…
In this project, we aim to examine the economic consequences of anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in 2014 and 2015. Political motivated crime reduce a…
The project provides short reports and dialogue formats on labor market and social policy issues to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The purpose is to inform the current debate and the political…