We develop a behavioural micro simulation model (LuxTaxBen) that contains very precise information on income tax rules … model has been built specifically for analysing the Luxembourgish tax-transfer system whereby one can generate disposable … conditional on labour supply while income tax rules and the various welfare benefit-levels are complicated functions of earned and …

This paper studies the design of tax systems that implement a planner's second-best allocation in a market economy. An … example shows that the widely used Mirrleesian (1976) tax system cannot implement all incentive-compatible allocations … one tax system. However, this tax system is often undesirable since it severely restricts the choice space of agents in …

We characterize the second-best allocation in a Mirrleesian optimal tax model where agents differ in multiple … dimensions and the planner can tax multiple goods non-linearly. We develop a new method that allows us to solve the partial … properties of the optimum. First, the optimal tax system is described by a multidimensional version of Diamond's (1998) and Saez …

This paper describes IZAΨMOD, the policy microsimulation model of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). The model …-employee dataset LIAB. IZAΨMOD consists of three components: First, a static module simulates the effects of a tax-benefit reform on … most other microsimulation tools. A demand module takes into account possible restrictions of labor demand and identifies …

democracies; (2) the nature and determinants of modern tax structures; and (3) redistribution in pluralistic societies over … three most important issues in the field: (1) the evolution of the power to tax in (what are now) the mature constitutional …

income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic … income) and an employment subsidy are examined, and these policies are compared to a straightforward tax cut for (unskilled …) labour. All initiatives are financed by a tax on capital. In the open-economy setting, capital is perfectly mobile, so there …

We show that the effectiveness of redistribution policy in stimulating the economy and improving welfare is directly … regime counteract the deflationary forces during the recession. Moreover, redistribution produces a Pareto improvement under …

base for future microsimulation analysis of simultaneous direct tax, indirect tax and welfare reform. …Comprehensive modelling of the impact of taxes and tax policy options requires data on the impact at micro-level of … not suitable for use in detailed modelling of the direct tax and welfare system. This makes approaches which impute …

[psi]MOD ; microsimulation ; tax and benefit systems ; labor demand …This paper describes IZA[psi]MOD, the policy microsimulation model of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). The …-employee dataset LIAB. IZA[psi]MOD consists of three components: First, a static module simulates the effects of a tax reform on the …

components using yearly UK data covering 1977-2018. We examine cash and in-kind benefits, and direct and indirect taxes. In … benefits are largely associated with cyclical changes in average benefit rates. In contrast, trends in the redistributive … effects of direct and indirect taxes are mostly associated with changes in progressivity. For in-kind benefits, changes in the …