Documentation Izaψmod: The IZA Policy Simulation Model

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Andreas Peichl

ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research; University of Mannheim - School of Economics (VWL); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Hilmar Schneider

IZA Institute of Labor Economics; DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Sebastian Siegloch

University of Mannheim - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research - Corporate Taxation and Public Finance Research; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); University of Cologne - Cologne Centre for Public Economics (CPE)

Abstract

This paper describes IZAΨMOD, the policy microsimulation model of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). The model uses household microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and firm data from the German linked employer-employee dataset LIAB. IZAΨMOD consists of three components: First, a static module simulates the effects of a tax reform on the budget of the individual households. Secondly, behavioral labor supply responses are estimated. The third component distinguishes our model from most other microsimulation tools. A demand module takes into account possible restrictions of labor demand and identifies the partial equilibrium of the labor market after the supply reactions.

Keywords: IZAΨMOD, microsimulation, tax and benefit systems, labor demand

JEL Classification: D58, H20, J22, J23

Suggested Citation

Peichl, Andreas and Schneider, Hilmar and Siegloch, Sebastian, Documentation Izaψmod: The IZA Policy Simulation Model. IZA Discussion Paper No. 4865, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1587558 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1587558

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Sebastian Siegloch

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