dc.contributor.author
Steiner, Viktor
dc.contributor.author
Wakolbinger, Florian
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:17:05Z
dc.date.available
2010-10-06T08:18:49.290Z
dc.identifier.isbn
978-3-941240-31-5
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19748
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000006720
dc.description.abstract
We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum
benefit system (“Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung”) to be introduced in
Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is
to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients of
social assistance. On the basis of a behavioral microsimulation model we show
that this new system will slightly increase incomes for the poorest households
and slightly reduce labor supply due to the generous allowances for marginal
employment under the current and the planned regulations of unemployment
assistance. As an alternative, we analyze a reform proposal which reduces
financial incentives for marginal employment not covered by social security,
and rewards working longer hours by a wage subsidy. Although this alternative
reform would yield modest positive labor supply effects, a relatively large
number of households would suffer income losses.
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000314-2
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000006-7
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject
work incentives
dc.subject
social safety system
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microsimulation
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::336 Öffentliche Finanzen
dc.title
Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system
refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
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refubium.affiliation.other
Volkswirtschaftslehre
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000006720
refubium.series.issueNumber
2010,19 : Economics
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Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000001239
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access