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 …

by a tax based on the same tax base as the proportional municipal income tax. -- Micro simulation ; tax-benefit system …This paper follows the theory of optimal taxation and the goal is to identify a tax/benefit design that maximizes … in the first stage, and the second stage identifies the tax/benefit system that maximize the social welfare function. Our …

-financed. -- Micro simulation ; tax-benefit system ; in-work tax credit reform …The purpose of SWEtaxben is to evaluate the impact of changes in the tax/benefit systems on households as well as the … central governmental budget. Relating to the micro simulation literature this model can be labeled a static micro simulation …

; welfare benefits ; tax credits ; incentive effects …In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a … free choice over their hours of work. We then consider fixed costs of work, the complications introduced by the benefits …

We use a behavioural microsimulation model embedded in a numerical optimization procedure in order to identify optimal … (social welfare maximizing) tax-transfer rules. We consider the class of tax-transfer rules consisting of a universal basic … income and a tax defined by a 4th degree polynomial. The rule is applied to total taxable household income. A …

give specific attention to the choice of the bandwidth used to define "close equals" in terms of pre-tax income. We also …

for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities … part in the European Social Survey shortly before and after the event. We find that the tax day increases perceptions that … earnings of the top 10% are unfair, but that public support for redistribution remains largely unaffected. A notable exception …

In this paper we utilise microsimulation techniques in the form of an income generation model and a tax/benefit model … results indicate that a more generous tax/benefit system, combined with a greater state burden of the cost of education over … in education. The methodology employed allows us to specifically analyse the impact of various components of the tax …

Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special allowances and tax …