Projects of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.02. – 30.11.2023

    Reform of Transfer Withdrawal Rates and Improving Incentives to Work

    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…

  2. Project // 01.12.2022 – 30.09.2024

    Gender- and Cohort Differences in Earnings and Employment

    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…

  3. Project // 01.11.2022 – 31.12.2024

    Quantification of a Basic Child Allowance

    Central to the project are ex ante analyses and quantifications of the

    • effects of the introduction of a basic child allowance, in particular with regard to

    labor supply, transfer dependency, poverty risks of…

  4. Project // 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2025

    Horizon Europe: Welfare Systems and Labour Market Policies for Economic and Social Resilience in Europe

    Four megatrends — technological transformations, globalization, climate change, and demographic changes — are reshaping labor markets, redefining opportunities and risks, and posing new challenges for welfare…

  5. Project // 01.06.2022 – 31.05.2023

    Micro-simulating VAT and Energy Taxes in ZEW-EviSTA Using the EVS

    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…

  6. Project // 01.04.2022 – 31.03.2023

    Labor supply responses to universal income support programs

    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…

  7. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2022

    MannheimTaxation: Does infrastructure compensate for higher taxes? Experimental evidence from a large-scale manager survey

    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…

  8. Project // 01.04.2021 – 30.09.2022

    Hate-Crime, Refugees, and local Tax Revenues

    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…

  9. Project // 01.10.2020 – 30.09.2024

    Contract with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: Scientific Advice and Corresponding Dialog Formats Concerning the Welfare State, the Working Environment, and the Social Market Economy

    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…