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 ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax … additionally consider social insurance contributions and cash benefits for a complete analysis of the whole tax benefit system. Our … analysis is based on EUROMOD, a static tax benefit microsimulation model for the EU-15 countries, which allows analysing the …

claims for student aid at all. To investigate non-take-up, we set up a microsimulation model for the German Socio … factors for this behavior. Our results suggest that non-take-up is inversely related to the level of benefits, though the …

I estimate permanent and transitory tax-price and income elasticity of charitable giving in Germany using a rich panel … data of tax return for the years 2001-2006. Income tax reforms were implemented in 2004 and 2005. The results suggest that … the permanent tax-price elasticity varies significantly by income class, ranging from -0.2 for low incomes to -1.6 for …

on employee households. In order to investigate whether the treatment of families by the aggregate tax-benefit system can … significant contradiction of value judgments within the German tax-benefit system. From the perspective of our paper, there is no … convincing justification for this inconsistency. -- horizontal equity ; family taxation ; distributive justice ; tax …

treatment of families by the aggregate tax and transfer system can be regarded as "fair", we compare the equivalent incomes of … evidence for a privileged treatment of families with children and a low market income due to the earned income tax credit (EIC …), the child tax credit and the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP). If employment taxes are interpreted as …

social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the …

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