This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic … article describes which data sources are used for the simulation, how key features of the German tax and transfer system are … implemented, which simulation methods are employed to analyze policy changes and how the model is validated against official …

This paper describes IZAΨMOD, the policy microsimulation model of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). The model … most other microsimulation tools. A demand module takes into account possible restrictions of labor demand and identifies …

This paper describes the ifo Tax and Transfer Behavioral Microsimulation Model (ifoMSM-TTL), a policy microsimulation … model for Germany. The model uses household microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel and firm data from the German … Linked Employer-Employee Dataset. This microsimulation model consists of three components: First, a static module simulates …

This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic … article describes which data sources are used for the simulation, how key features of the German tax and transfer system are … implemented, which simulation methods are employed to analyze policy changes and how the model is validated against official …

Microsimulation studies typically assume that all entitlements to means-tested benefits are actually claimed by … amount of social assistance in Germany by €100 per month. We find a substantial effect of considering non-take-up on the …

entitlements and sheds light on determinants of this behavior. Against the background that educational mobility in Germany is low … claims for student aid at all. To investigate non-take-up, we set up a microsimulation model for the German Socio … former socialist East Germany choose to take up student aid than similar West German students. Finally, in line with …

Unemployment Benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II ). Eligibility to these benefits is simulated by applying a microsimulation model … and lower bounds of nontake-up are shown for different simulation assumptions. By employing a binary choice framework …