Publikationen der Forschungsgruppe Ungleichheit und Verteilungspolitik

• How Europe Can Deliver: New Division of Tasks Would Result in Considerable Savings
• Use of Big Data in Firms Linked to Greater Market Success for Corporate Innovations
• Self-Employed Workers More Likely to Adjust…

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system to study this question. As of 2005 (with a phase-in period between 2002 and 2004), the…

• Die Katalonien-Krise wirft Schatten auf eine mögliche europäische Fiskalunion
• Gemeinden in Deutschland setzen die Grundsteuer mit politischem Kalkül ein
• Der Automobilstandort Baden-Württemberg steht vor großen…

Welfare programs are important for reducing poverty but create incentives for recipients to maximize their income by either reducing labor supply or manipulating taxable income. In this paper, we quantify the…

We present the first randomized survey experiment in the context of tax compliance to assess the role of social norms and reciprocity for intrinsic tax morale. We find that participants in a reciprocity…