The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany : Evidence from a Quasi Experiment

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URL:	http://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/1185
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-11850
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2005
The title of a journal, publication series:	None
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: C 93 I 38 J 22 ,
Subject headings (SWD):	Arbeitsmarkt , Reform , Arbeitnehmer , Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit , Einkommensteuer
Abstract:	We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called "Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)" is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus on a unique data set on welfare recipients in Mannheim and estimate the treatment effect of TNIT on participation probability. The average treatment effect is significant and lies between 6.6 and 6.8 percentage points. Since January 1st, 2005, TNIT can be offered to all means-tested long-term unemployed people in Germany by public case managers.
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BASE: Spermann, Alexander ; Strotmann, Harald

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