article describes which data sources are used for the simulation, how key features of the German tax and transfer system are …This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic … Research in Mannheim. The model simulates the German tax and transfer system using household micro level data. By estimating …

the system of financial support for families with children. We focus on: 1) the trade-off between redistribution of income …

Einfluss verschieden komplexer Steuertarifsysteme auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot der Experimentteilnehmer abzuleiten. Die … Besteuerungspraxis zu finden ist. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass bei konstantem Netto- und Bruttolohn das Arbeitsangebot der Teilnehmer …

. This paper investigates the importance of incentives inherent in the tax-benefit system for the individual decision to take … incentives at the extensive margin measured by the Participation Tax Rate (PTR), particularly for low-income individuals. Work …

We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for … people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the … and full-time work, respectively. We estimate labor supply reactions and welfare effects using a microsimulation model …

as well as increasing employment rates of recipients of social assistance. On the basis of a behavioral microsimulation … ; labor supply ; social safety system ; microsimulation …

induced by unemployment insurance. The model features a detailed specification of the tax and transfer system, including … unemployment insurance benefits which depend on an individual's employment and earnings history. The model also captures the … for unemployment insurance benefits which varied by age and experience. The results show that a policy cut in the …

microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to … reform on wages and unemployment. The simulation results show that general equilibrium wage reactions tend to mitigate labour …