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Gökay Demir
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Postdoc Labor Economics IZA

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Wir sollten endlich ernsthaft darüber debattieren, ob wir die AfD verbieten müssen. Und jetzt reden wir stattdessen darüber, denen die Unterstützung zu entziehen, die sie am stärksten bekämpfen.
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux.
Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics Published
We are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 of the Handbook of Labor Economics, edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux. Recognized as a leading resource in the field, the Handbook brin...
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February 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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jakobwegmann.bsky.social
Hello #EconSky!

📢Excited to share my #JMP 📢

It provides a missing piece to understand how people react to income taxation.

Tldr: By changing tax pre-payments governments can - with almost no costs - increase perceived work incentives of secondary earners and reduce the gender gap.

Thread below👇🧵
To collect income taxes, almost all countries require employers to withhold monthly tax prepayments which are then fully credited against the final income tax liabilities of their employees. Despite being a fundamental component of income taxation systems worldwide, the impact of these withholding taxes on labor supply is poorly understood. We investigate their importance in the context of married couples in Germany where the withholding tax liability can be redistributed between spouses. We exploit a reform that reduced the withholding tax for some married women more than for others, while inducing no differences in income taxes. Using administrative data for the full population of German taxpayers, we estimate an elasticity of labor income with respect to the withholding tax eight years after the reform of 0.14. Additional evidence from a self-conducted survey suggests imperfect understanding of the tax system and limited pooling of resources within the household as the main mechanisms. As the majority of couples shift parts of the withholding tax liability from the husband to the wife, our results suggest that the increased withholding tax liability of married women contributes to their low labor supply. This highlights the need for governments to be aware of the distortion of labor supply incentives when the design of withholding taxes does not match actual income tax incentives.
November 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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A couple of pics from my (cold!) week at @iza.org, thanks @ingoisphording.bsky.social and @demirecon.bsky.social!
November 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
demirecon.bsky.social
Our liberal-democratic order needs a new vision and a new promise. This vision requires philosophical principles, empathetic politics, and a clear goal for the society of tomorrow. What exactly do I mean? A thread 🧵:
November 14, 2024 at 11:12 PM
demirecon.bsky.social
Unsere freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung braucht eine neue Vision und ein neues Versprechen. Diese Vision braucht philosophische Grundsätze, eine empathische Politik und ein klares Ziel für die Gesellschaft von morgen. Was genau meine ich damit? Ein Thread 🧵:
November 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM