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This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version F6.36+), the tax …-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income … estimates of marginal effective tax rates (METR) for all 27 EU countries in order to explore the effect of tax and benefit …
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This paper provides a description of the latest public release of EUROMOD (version F6.0++), a tax …-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of constructing and updating EUROMOD. We then present …. Finally, we provide estimates of marginal effective tax rates (METR) for all 27 EU countries in order to explore the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712467
This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version G2.1), the tax-benefit microsimulation … of marginal effective tax rates (METR) for all 27 EU countries in order to explore the effect of tax and benefit systems …
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contributions and pension benefits. However, tax expenditures - defined as deviations from an agreed benchmark tax system - are … both contributions and pension benefits, in 28 European countries using EUROMOD, the EU-wide microsimulation model. We find …, income reference and contributory period, with relatively little attention devoted to the tax treatment of pension …
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This paper aims to provide an introduction to the current state of the art of EUROMOD, the European Union tax …-benefit microsimulation model. It explains the original motivations for building a multi-country EU-wide model and summarises its current … some technical aspects such as the tax-benefit programming language and the user interface. The paper also reviews some …
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EU-15 countries and the evolution over the period 1998-2008, using EUROMOD, the EU-wide tax-benefit model. The research … aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate empirically whether there is a link between pre-tax income inequality … and redistribution through taxes. Second we hereby test whether there is a relationship between progressivity and the …
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size and structure. We explore their redistributive effects using EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU … taxes, tax allowances, tax credits, social contributions, cash benefits designed to target the poor or redistribute inter …The systems of direct taxes and cash benefits in the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) vary considerably in …
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of 1992-2012. By simulating effects of current and past tax-benefit policies using the microsimulation model MEFISTO … redistribution has been increased; 2) the introduction of an earned income tax credit and the lowering of personal income taxes has …Belgium has seen major changes in its tax-benefit system over the past twenty years. These changes have, to a large …
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, however, a major drawback: it is not defined for net tax incidence - that is, the whole system of taxes and benefits. Moreover … efficiency with a relevant amount of tax revenues and social expenditures. They obviously obtain very high redistribution, above … countries show a very low level of redistribution, below 7 points. Interestingly, they vary in the level of tax burden and of …
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Tax Rates.The extent to which tax-benefit systems contribute to income redistribution and provide work incentives at the …In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work incentives across the 27 Member … States of the European Union (EU). Using EUROMOD, the EU-wide taxbenefit microsimulation model, we disentangle the role of …
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