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Combining Microsimulation and Optimization to Identify Optimal Flexible Tax-Transfer Rules
Colombino, Ugo - 2020
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....
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SISTA : Learning Optimal Transport Costs Under Sparsity Constraints
Carlier, Guillaume; Dupuy, Arnaud; Galichon, Alfred; … - 2021
In this paper, we describe a novel iterative procedure called SISTA to learn the underlying cost in optimal transport problems. SISTA is a hybrid between two classical methods, coordinate descent ("S"-inkhorn) and proximal gradient descent ("ISTA"). It alternates between a phase of exact...
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Structural Labour Supply Models and Microsimulation
Aaberge, Rolf - 2018
models for policy simulation in terms of producing and interpreting simulation outcomes, outlining an extensive literature of …
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Optimal Spatial Taxation : Are Big Cities Too Small?
Eeckhout, Jan - 2015
We analyze the role of optimal income taxation across different local labor markets. Should labor in large cities be taxed differently than in small cities? We find that a planner who needs to raise revenue and is constrained by free mobility of labor across cities does not choose equal taxes...
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Mostly Harmless Simulations? On the Internal Validity of Empirical Monte Carlo Studies
Advani, Arun - 2018
Currently there is little practical advice on which treatment effect estimator to use when trying to adjust for observable differences. A recent suggestion is to compare the performance of estimators in simulations that somehow mimic the empirical context. Two ways to run such 'empirical Monte...
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Testing for Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects in the Presence of a Quasi-Instrument
de Luna, Xavier - 2012
power. We perform a simulation study and apply the results to a case study where the interest lies in evaluating the effect …
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Equilibrium Simulation with Microeconometric Models : A New Procedure with an Application to Income Support Policies
Colombino, Ugo - 2012
-time jobs). The most common use of these models is the simulation of tax-transfer reforms. The simulation is usually interpreted … simulation procedure, however, typically keeps fixed the estimated alternative-specific constants. In this note we argue that …-specific constants leads to the development of a simulation procedure consistent with the comparative statics interpretation. The …
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Accounting for Family Background When Designing Optimal Income Taxes : A Microeconometric Simulation Analysis
Aaberge, Rolf - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and adopt a generalised version of Roemer's (1998) Equality of Opportunity (EOp) framework, which we call extended EOp, for analysing second-best optimal income taxation. Unlike the pure EOp criterion of Roemer (1998) the extended EOp criterion allows...
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Optimal Redistributive Taxation with Both Extensive and Intensive Responses
Jacquet, Laurence - 2010
This paper characterizes optimal income taxation when individuals respond along both the intensive and extensive margins. Individuals are heterogeneous across two dimensions: specifically, their skill and disutility of participation. Preferences over consumption and work effort can differ with...
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Distributional Effects of Competition : A Simulation Approach
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021
power has become a policy priority. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper introduces a simple simulation method, the …
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