poverty effects of alternative policies are analyzed thanks to counterfactual simulations built using a micro-simulation model …In-work transfers are often seen as a good trade-off between redistribution and efficiency, as they alleviate poverty … existing scheme, the Family Income Supplement (FIS), and of its replacement by the refundable tax credit in force in the UK …

The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developed microsimulation model, SIMPL. The … describes details of the Polish tax and benefit system and the simulation assumptions which were necessary in modelling it in … model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributions and public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005. It is …