Author/Editor: Tim Callen, Christian Thimann.

Release Date:December, 1997

This paper analyzes the empirical determinants of household saving using data from 21 OECD countries for 1975-95. A particular focus is the influence of the tax and social security systems on more...

Author/Editor: Christian Thimann, Anuradha Dayal-Gulati.

Release Date:September, 1997

This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish more...

Author/Editor: Christian Thimann, Manfred Koch.

Release Date:January, 1997

Austria has probably the world’s highest pension expenditures relative to its economic size, largely because of the generosity of its pension system. This paper examines the institutional more...

Author/Editor: Christian Thimann.

Release Date:November, 1995

This paper explores the problem of effective taxation at the lower end of the income scale in Germany. For the recipients of social income maintenance--currently about 1.8 million more...