Eric Sommer

Research Fellow

AXA AG

eric.sommer@posteo.de

Thematic Focus at IZA

Policy Evaluation

Network Program Areas

Research Interests

Eric Sommer has studied Economics and Political Science at the University of Cologne and at the University of Copenhagen and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Cologne. He joined IZA as a student assistant in November 2011 and became a Doctoral Student August 2012. From 2016 to 2019, he worked as Research Associate. His research focuses on the impact of tax-benefit systems on labor market outcomes and the income distribution. Beyond, he was in charge of the IZA microsimulation model on the German tax-benefit system.

Eric Sommer became a Research Fellow in July 2019.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11493

Smooth Income Tax Schedules: Derivation and Consequences

Diana Estévez Schwarz, Eric Sommer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11440

Demographic Change and the European Income Distribution

Mathias Dolls, Karina Doorley, Alari Paulus, Hilmar Schneider, Eric Sommer

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17 (3), 337 - 357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11120

Wealth Transfers and Tax Planning: Evidence for the German Bequest Tax

Eric Sommer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9618

Fiscal Sustainability and Demographic Change: A Micro Approach for 27 EU Countries

Mathias Dolls, Karina Doorley, Alari Paulus, Hilmar Schneider, Sebastian Siegloch, Eric Sommer

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24 (4), 575-615

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8964

Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer

Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel, Eric Sommer

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 54-66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8553

Documentation IZAΨMOD v3.0: The IZA Policy Simulation Model

Max Loeffler, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch, Eric Sommer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7804

Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: Efficient, but Regressive?

Nico Pestel, Eric Sommer

revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: More Employment and more Inequality?' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63 (3), 524-563

IZA Standpunkt Nr. 86

Ist eine Glättung des Mittelstandsbauchs finanzierbar? Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie

Nico Pestel, Reinhold Schnabel, Sebastian Siegloch, Eric Sommer, Alexander Spermann

published in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2016, 17 (3), 264-275

IZA Standpunkt Nr. 59

Bundestagswahlkampf 2013: Klientelpolitik durch Steuerreform?

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch, Eric Sommer

revised version published in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2014, 14(2), 182-194

IZA Research Report No. 88

Mikrosimulation von Reformszenarien zur finanziellen Entlastung von Geringverdienern

Holger Bonin, Eric Sommer, Florian Buhlmann, Holger Stichnoth

Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), Bonn 2019 (60 Seiten)