Eric Sommer

Research Fellow

AXA AG

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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 doi:10.1007/s10797-017-9462-3
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)
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