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 …

responses in microsimulation models. The paper focuses attention on two methodologies for modelling labour supply: the discrete … models for policy simulation in terms of producing and interpreting simulation outcomes, outlining an extensive literature of … responses but also for identifying optimal tax-benefit systems, given some of the challenges of the theoretical approach …

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 …

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

[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 …

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 …

; 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 …

Tax reforms are crucial to promoting inclusive growth in India. The replacement of a myriad of consumption taxes by a … Goods and Services Tax (GST) will boost India's competitiveness, investment, job creation and tax compliance. The potential … productivity by reducing distortions in the allocation of resources which emanate from the corporate income tax; iv) boost job …

overcome the lack of data by proposing a dynamic calibrated microsimulation approach to generate counterfactual income … using publicly available data and a household income generation model to perform the first calibrated simulation based upon …

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 …