Die Ausgestaltung des Transferentzugs in der Interdependenz mit dem Bürgergeld, der Kindergrundsicherung und dem Wohngeld

Maximilian Blömer, Emanuel Hansen and Andreas Peichl

in ifo Forschungsberichte from ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

Abstract: The design of the transfer withdrawal and its interaction with the citizen's income, basic child benefit and housing benefitThis study examines the interactions between the different elements of the German social safety net, i.e. the social assistance for the long-term unemployed (Bürgergeld), the planned additional child benefit (Kindergrundsicherung) and the housing benefit (Wohngeld), in order to analyze reform options for improving work incentives in the area of basic income support. A microeconometric behavioral model based on representative microdata is used to model the labor supply and transfer take-up behavior of affected households. The results show that the current system suffers from considerable inefficiencies that lead to distorted incentives to work, in particular due to widely varying and sometimes extremely high marginal costs. Integrating housing benefits into social assistance and adjusting the allowances for working people could reduce these problems, increase transparency and improve incentives to take up and expand employment. The reform proposals aim at structurally simplifying and optimizing basic income support systems.

Keywords: Lohnstruktur; Familienbesteuerung; Verfügbares Einkommen; Grundeinkommen; Einkommensteuer; Einkommensteuertarif; Steuerbelastung; Familienpolitik; Haushaltseinkommen; Öffentliche Sozialleistungen; Wohngeld; Bürgergeld (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 H21 H24 J12 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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