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Evaluating the German "Mini-Job" reform using a natural experiment
Evaluation der deutschen 'Mini-Job'-Reform mit Hilfe eines natürlichen Experiments
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Abstract Increasing work incentives for people with low income is a common topic in the policy debate across European countries. The "Mini-Job" reform in Germany had a similar
motivation. We carry out an ex-post evaluation to identify the short-run effects of this reform. Our identification strategy uses an ... mehr
Increasing work incentives for people with low income is a common topic in the policy debate across European countries. The "Mini-Job" reform in Germany had a similar
motivation. We carry out an ex-post evaluation to identify the short-run effects of this reform. Our identification strategy uses an exogenous variation in the interview months in the SOEP, that allows us to distinguish groups that are affected by the reform from those who are not. To account for seasonal effects we additionally use a difference-in-differences strategy. Descriptives show that there is a post-reform increase in the number of Mini-jobs. However, we show that this increase can not be 'causally' related to the reform, since the short-run effects are very limited only. Only single men seem to react immediately and increase secondary job holding.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Evaluation
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktforschung
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Natural Experiment; Difference-in-Differences; Marginal Employment
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Seitenangabe
S. 2475-2489
Zeitschriftentitel
Applied Economics, 42 (2009) 19
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840701858125
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)