Making Work Pay for the Elderly Unemployed --Evaluating Alternative Policy Reforms for Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24050609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Haan (0009-0008-7003-4982, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics), Viktor Steiner (German Institute for Economic Research) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 380-402 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | FinanzArchiv (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-2218 • E-ISSN: 1614-0974 |
| Publisher | Mohr Siebeck (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1628/001522108x374197 |
| OpenAlex | W2013535231 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
We evaluate three policy reforms targeted at older unemployed people: (i) an hourly wage subsidy, (ii) an in-work credit, and (iii) an employment bonus in the form of subsidized social security contributions on low wages. The work-incentive, labor-supply, and welfare effects of these policy reforms are analyzed on the basis of a behavioral microsimulation model for Germany. We find that the simulated labor-supply effects of the three policy reforms would be rather similar and of moderate size. Our results also suggest that the hourly wage subsidy yields the highest welfare gains.
Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Public economics · Unemployment · Work (physics) · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |