Publications of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

  1. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Fiscal and Individual Rates of Return to University Education with and without Graduation

    Based on a detailed model of the German tax-benefit system, this paper simulates private and fiscal returns to education for college graduates and college dropouts.

  2. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Attitudes towards Euro Area Reforms: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

    We present the first evidence on public attitudes towards two prominent euro area reform proposals (European Unemployment Benefit Scheme and Sovereign Insolvency Procedure) and assess potential impediments to…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2020

    Importing Inequality: Immigration and the Top 1 percent

    In this paper we study the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes. Using administrative data on the universe of UK taxpayers we show migrants are over- represented at the top of the income…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-068 // 2020

    Evaluating the Effectiveness of Policies Against a Pandemic

    We develop a novel empirical approach to identify the effectiveness of policies against a pandemic. The essence of our approach is the insight that epidemic dynamics are best tracked over stages, rather than…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-062 // 2020

    The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Benefits on (Self-) Employment: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

    Although a relevant share of firms is created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about…