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Documentation IZAΨMOD: The IZA Policy SImulation MODel
Peichl, Andreas; Schneider, Hilmar; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
-employee dataset LIAB. IZAΨMOD consists of three components: First, a static module simulates the effects of a tax reform on the budget …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457144
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Accounting for Labor Demand Effects in Structural Labor Supply Models
Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
microdata level. We show the performance and relevance of our extension by introducing a pure labor supply side reform, the … workfare concept, in Germany and simulating the labor market outcome of the reform. We find that demand effects offset about 25 … percent of the positive labor supply effect of the policy reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008754949
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Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Peichl, Andreas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the household level. While it is possible to speculate about which groups are likely to be hardest-hit, detailed distributional studies are still largely backward-looking. This paper suggests a straightforward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682246
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The Benefits of Linking CGE and Microsimulation Models: Evidence from a Flat Tax Analysis
Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
modelling flat tax reform proposals for Germany. Taking the general equilibrium effects into account has important implications … for the evaluation of a tax reform. The analysis shows that a personal income flat tax can indeed overcome the fundamental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233809
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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier; Decoster, André; Dolls, Mathias; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369417
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Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and the period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151029