Jürgen Wiemers
Biographic Data
| ID | 6788439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jürgen Wiemers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jürgen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiemers |
| SIGNATURE | WIEMERS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3863-7168 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Universal, Targeted or Both
We study a set of hypothetical reforms of child benefits in Germany using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model augmented with endogenous labour supply and take-up choices. We distinguish between a reform of the universal non-means-tested child benefit, a reform of the means-tested child benefit under the minimum income scheme, and a combination of both. The model simulates the impacts of the reforms on household income, poverty and labour s…
Misreporting of program take-up in survey data and its consequences for measuring non-take-up
The international literature studies non-take-up behavior of eligible populations to evaluate the effectiveness of government programs. A major challenge in this literature is the measurement error regarding benefit take-up. In our data, we observe both actual welfare receipt and respondents’ survey information on their program take-up. This allows us to observe the measurement errors that other researchers must estimate. We describe survey misre…
Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time
The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the relevant outcomes at the micro level is usually only available with considerable time lags. In this paper, we propose a novel method to assess the distributiona…
Reform der Hinzuverdienstregeln im SGB II
Im September 2009 gab es in Deutschland knapp 1,4 Millionen erwerbstätige Hilfebedürftige, die gleichzeitig ein Erwerbseinkommen und Leistungen der Grundsicherung nach dem Sozialgesetzbuch II (SGB II) beziehen. Aktuell wird im politischen Raum diskutiert, ob man durch eine Veränderung der Hinzuverdienstregeln im SGB II Anreize für eine Arbeitsaufnahme erhöhen und damit eine stärkere Arbeitsmarktintegration erreichen kann. Der vorliegende Beitrag …
A New Targeting - A New Take-Up? Non-Take-Up of Social Assistance in Germany after Social Policy Reforms
Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time
The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the relevant outcomes at the micro level is usually only available with considerable time lags. In this paper, we propose a novel method to assess the distributiona…
A New Targeting - A New Take-Up? Non-Take-Up of Social Assistance in Germany after Social Policy Reforms
Reform der Hinzuverdienstregeln im SGB II
Im September 2009 gab es in Deutschland knapp 1,4 Millionen erwerbstätige Hilfebedürftige, die gleichzeitig ein Erwerbseinkommen und Leistungen der Grundsicherung nach dem Sozialgesetzbuch II (SGB II) beziehen. Aktuell wird im politischen Raum diskutiert, ob man durch eine Veränderung der Hinzuverdienstregeln im SGB II Anreize für eine Arbeitsaufnahme erhöhen und damit eine stärkere Arbeitsmarktintegration erreichen kann. Der vorliegende Beitrag …
Misreporting of program take-up in survey data and its consequences for measuring non-take-up
The international literature studies non-take-up behavior of eligible populations to evaluate the effectiveness of government programs. A major challenge in this literature is the measurement error regarding benefit take-up. In our data, we observe both actual welfare receipt and respondents’ survey information on their program take-up. This allows us to observe the measurement errors that other researchers must estimate. We describe survey misre…
Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time
The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the relevant outcomes at the micro level is usually only available with considerable time lags. In this paper, we propose a novel method to assess the distributiona…
Universal, Targeted or Both
We study a set of hypothetical reforms of child benefits in Germany using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model augmented with endogenous labour supply and take-up choices. We distinguish between a reform of the universal non-means-tested child benefit, a reform of the means-tested child benefit under the minimum income scheme, and a combination of both. The model simulates the impacts of the reforms on household income, poverty and labour s…
Economics (5 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · demographic modeling and climate adaptation (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 works) · Accounting (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work)