In this paper we explore South Africa's personal income tax system using two microsimulation models. The first, SAMOD …, simulates personal income tax and social benefits using a dataset derived from the nationally representative National Income … Dynamics Study survey. The second, PITMOD, simulates the personal income tax system and is underpinned by a dataset comprising …

of 1992-2012. By simulating effects of current and past tax-benefit policies using the microsimulation model MEFISTO … redistribution has been increased; 2) the introduction of an earned income tax credit and the lowering of personal income taxes has …Belgium has seen major changes in its tax-benefit system over the past twenty years. These changes have, to a large …

of the macroeconomic effects of tax and transfer reforms. -- behavioural microsimulation ; linked micro macro model ; tax …We present a new general-equilibrium behavioural microsimulation model designed to assess long-run macroeconomic and … fiscal consequences of reforms to the tax and transfer system. General-equilibrium feedback effects are simulated by …

EU-wide tax-benefit microsimulation model. In addition to the traditional view of the tax-benefit system, we add indirect … immigrants contribute their ”fair” share to their host country tax and welfare system. This paper seeks to answer this question … taxation and in-kind benefits to the analysis of net contributions. Our findings highlight that migrants on average contributed …

EU-wide tax-benefit microsimulation model. In addition to the traditional view of the tax-benefit system, we add indirect … immigrants contribute their "fair" share to their host country tax and welfare system. This paper seeks to answer this question … taxation and in-kind benefits to the analysis of net contributions. Our findings highlight that migrants on average contributed …

This paper assesses causes and consequences of fiscal redistribution in Brazil. The framework proposed allows … welfare, addressing both static and dynamic implications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first microsimulation … attempt to gauge actual fiscal policy redistribution changes over time in Brazil. The study develops an empirical methodology …