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

Alexander Spermann () and Harald Strotmann ()

No 05-68, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research

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.

Keywords: Field experiments; Labor Market Reform; Negative Income Tax; employee subsidy; long-term unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 C93 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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