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This paper presents the main characteristics of TREMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the Italian province of … Trento (Italy). TREMOD is based upon the EUROMOD platform microsimulation model, and its purpose is to inform local tax and … welfare policies. TREMOD is a flexible tool that allows simulation of the effects of different types of public policies on a …
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Tax expenditures are preferential tax treatments granted to specific individuals or categories of households which aim … tax expenditures related to housing, education and health in 27 European countries making use of EUROMOD, the EU …-wide microsimulation model. We find a variety of effects, in terms of sign and magnitude, across Member States, and within these, among …
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The sharp rise in debt experienced by most OECD countries raises questions about the prudent debt level countries should target. It also raises questions about the fiscal frameworks needed to reach them and to accommodate cyclical fluctuations along the path towards a prudent debt target. The...
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study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … tax and transfer systems by a European system would lead to significant redistributive effects both within and across …
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basic income microsimulation research. Our second contribution is to generate rich and detailed comparative data regarding …
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This paper embeds analysis of fiscal redistribution (FR) within the standard social welfare framework. Differences in …
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microsimulation software, EUROMOD, linked to EU-SILC survey data. Automatic stabilisation effects, particularly through benefits, are … and how well tax-benefit systems redistribute. We examine how the distribution of income in the EU countries which were … inequality, changes in discretionary tax-benefit policy and automatic stabilisation effects. We implement this approach using the …
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of changes in employment due to the COVID-19 crisis on inequality and poverty using the recently developed tax …-benefit microsimulation model for Malawi, MAMOD. In assessing the impact of the job losses, three employment shock scenarios are considered …
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There is no single “best” indicator for analysing general government debt. This paper examines the various issues in defining and measuring debt, and explores other data which could be useful, both within and beyond the general government debt concept, to better track and analyse fiscal...
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The recent euro area sovereign debt crisis has shown the importance of market reactions for the sustainability of debt. The objective of this paper is to calculate endogenous government debt limits given the markets assessment of the probability to default. The estimated primary balance reaction...
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