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66 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17739
Macro-Economic Change and Household Financial Strain in Europe 2006-2022
Cathal O'Donoghue, Zeynep Gizem Can, Ana Montes-Viñas, Denisa Maria Sologon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17701
The Distributional Effects of Carbon Pricing in Türkiye
Zeynep Gizem Can, Cathal O'Donoghue, Denisa Maria Sologon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17566
Normative Judgments Implicit in the Tax System: A Simulation Approach
Niklas Isaak, Robin Jessen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16499
Automation and Income Inequality in Europe
Karina Doorley, Jan Gromadzki, Piotr Lewandowski, Dora Tuda, Philippe Van Kerm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15952
Not That Basic: How Level, Design and Context Matter for the Redistributive Outcomes of Universal Basic Income
Elise Aerts, Ive Marx, Gerlinde Verbist
published in: Journal of Social Policy, 2025, 54 (2), 351-373
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15937
The Transformation of Public Policy Analysis in Times of Crisis – A Microsimulation-Nowcasting Method Using Big Data
Cathal O'Donoghue, Denisa Maria Sologon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15914
Decomposition of the Changes in Household Disposable Income Distribution in China
Chen Gong, Denisa Maria Sologon, Zina Nimeh, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15198
The "Robot Economy" and Optimal Tax-Transfer Reforms
Ugo Colombino, Nizamul Islam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13541
Optimal Tax-Transfer Rules under Equilibrium and New Labour Demand Scenarios
Ugo Colombino, Nizamul Islam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13481
Distributional Effects of Emission Pricing in a Carbon-Intensive Economy: The Case of Poland
Marek Antosiewicz, J. Rodrigo Fuentes, Piotr Lewandowski, Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks
published in: Energy Policy, 2022, 160, 112678
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13309
Combining Microsimulation and Optimization to Identify Optimal Flexible Tax-Transfer Rules
Ugo Colombino, Nizamul Islam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13288
Understanding the Rising Trend in Female Labour Force Participation
Nicolas Herault, Guyonne Kalb
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2022, 43 (4), 341-363.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13235
Modelling the Distributional Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis
Cathal O'Donoghue, Denisa Maria Sologon, Iryna Kyzyma, John McHale
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2020, 41 (2), 321 - 336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12812
The Effect of College Education on Health and Mortality: Evidence from Canada
Guy Lacroix, Francois Laliberté-Auger, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Daniel Parent
published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (S1), 105 - 118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12017
Learning from the
Olivier B. Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Prudence Magejo, Miracle Benhura
published as 'Income Distribution and the Potential of Redistributive Systems in Africa: A Decomposition Approach ' in: Journal of African Economies, 2022, 31 (4), 293 - 328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11562
Structural Labour Supply Models and Microsimulation
Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino
revised version published in: International Journal of Microsimulation, 2018, 11 (1), 162 - 197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11493
Smooth Income Tax Schedules: Derivation and Consequences
Diana Estévez Schwarz, Eric Sommer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11192
Mechanics of Replacing Benefit Systems with a Basic Income: Comparative Results from a Microsimulation Approach
James Browne, Herwig Immervoll
published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2017, 15, 325 - 344 (also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11094
Would a Euro's Depreciation Improve the French Economy?
Riccardo Magnani, Luca Piccoli, Martine Carré, Amedeo Spadaro
published as 'A Micro-Macro Simulation Model Applied to the French Economy: The Case of a Euro's Real Depreciation' in: In: Perali F., Scandizzo P. (eds) The New Generation of Computable General Equilibrium Models. Springer, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8897
Modelling the Impact of Direct and Indirect Taxes Using Complementary Datasets
Michael Savage, Tim Callan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8832
Shifting Taxes from Labour to Property: A Simulation under Labour Market Equilibrium
Flavia Coda Moscarola, Ugo Colombino, Francesco Figari, Marilena Locatelli
revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes away from Labour Enhances Equity and Fiscal Efficiency' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (2), 367- 384
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8553
Documentation IZAΨMOD v3.0: The IZA Policy Simulation Model
Max Löffler, 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 Discussion Paper No. 7737
Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective
Olivier B. Bargain, Tim Callan, Karina Doorley, Claire Keane
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38 (4), 559-585
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7506
Financial Support for Families with Children and its Trade-offs: Balancing Redistribution and Parental Work Incentives
Michal Myck, Anna Kurowska, Michał Kundera
published in: Baltic Journal of Economics, 2013, 13 (2), 61-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7242
Using the EU-SILC to Model the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Inequality
Cathal O'Donoghue, Jason Loughrey, Karyn Morrissey
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6846
Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy
Anna Kurowska, Michal Myck, Katharina Wrohlich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6739
In-Work Benefits for Married Couples: An Ex-Ante Evaluation of EITC and WTC Policies in Italy
Giuseppe De Luca, Claudio Rossetti, Daniela Vuri
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014, 3, 23 (2014)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6493
Taxing Home Ownership: Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income
Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, Panos Tsakloglou, Gerlinde Verbist, Francesca Zantomio
revised version published as 'Removing Homeownership Bias in Taxation: the Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income' in: Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38 (4), 525 - 557
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6098
A Continuous Labour Supply Model in Microsimulation: A Life-Cycle Modelling Approach with Heterogeneity and Uncertainty Extension
Jinjing Li, Denisa Maria Sologon
published in: PLoS ONE, 2014, 9 (11), e111903
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6059
Five Issues in the Design of Income Support Mechanisms: The Case of Italy
Ugo Colombino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5866
Retirement Choice Simulation in Household Settings with Heterogeneous Pension Plans
Jinjing Li, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5865
Incentives of Retirement Transition for Elderly Workers: An Analysis of Actual and Simulated Replacement Rates in Ireland
Jinjing Li, Cathal O'Donoghue
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5718
Estimating Labor Supply Responses and Welfare Participation: Using a Natural Experiment to Validate a Structural Labor Supply Model
Jörgen Hansen, Xingfei Liu
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2015, 48 (5), 1831-54.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5627
Utilising Microsimulation to Estimate New Marginal Returns to Education: Ireland 1987-2005
Darragh Flannery, Cathal O'Donoghue
updated version published as 'Utilizing Microsimulation to Estimate the Private and Fiscal Returns to Education: Ireland 1987–2011' in: Manchester School, 2016, 84 (1), 55 - 80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5626
Lifecycle Impact of Alternative Higher Education Finance Systems in Ireland
Darragh Flannery, Cathal O'Donoghue
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2011, 42(3), 237–270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5226
Back to the Future: Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations
Olivier B. Bargain
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2012, 19 (5), 708-731
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5191
Wage Subsidies, Work Incentives, and the Reform of the Austrian Welfare System
Viktor Steiner, Florian Wakolbinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4929
Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4865
Documentation IZAΨMOD: The IZA Policy SImulation MODel
Andreas Peichl, Hilmar Schneider, Sebastian Siegloch
see also IZAΨMOD for more information
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4815
Public Pensions, Changing Employment Patterns, and the Impact of Pension Reforms across Birth Cohorts: A Microsimulation Analysis for Germany
Johannes Geyer, Viktor Steiner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4644
In-Work Transfers in Good Times and Bad: Simulations for Ireland
Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley
published in: Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos (eds.), 2011, Research in Labor Economics (Research in Labor Economics, Volume 33), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 307-339
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4367
International Differences in Longevity and Health and Their Economic Consequences
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Dana P. Goldman, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Yuhui Zheng, Adam H. Gailey
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2011, 73 (2), 254-63
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4366
Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Dana P. Goldman, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Yuhui Zheng, Adam H. Gailey
published as 'The Fiscal Effects of Trends in Public Health' in: National Tax Journal, 2010, 63 (2), 307-324,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4296
The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefit Policies under New Labour: A Shapley Decomposition
Olivier B. Bargain
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (6), 856–874
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3721
Effects of Flat Tax Reforms in Western Europe on Income Distribution and Work Incentives
Alari Paulus, Andreas Peichl
revised version published as 'Effects of flat tax reforms in Western Europe' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2009, 31 (5), 620-636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3715
The Benefits of Linking CGE and Microsimulation Models: Evidence from a Flat Tax Analysis
Andreas Peichl
published in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2009, 12 (2), 301-329
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3078
Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution: A Decomposition Approach
Olivier B. Bargain, Tim Callan
published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (1), 1 -21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2988
As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland
Olivier B. Bargain, Leszek Morawski, Michal Myck, Mieczyslaw Socha
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2599
The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratio between Reservation and Market Wages and the Incentives for Labour Supply
Marco Caliendo, Ludovica Gambaro, Peter Haan
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (9), 877-883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2468
Designing Optimal Taxes with a Microeconometric Model of Household Labour Supply
Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino
revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, 115 (2), 449-475
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2245
Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany: How Would It Affect the Income Distribution and Work Incentives?
Viktor Steiner, Katharina Wrohlich
revised version published as 'Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany: How Would It Affect the Income Distribution, Work Incentives, and Household Welfare? ' in: FinanzArchiv, 2008, 64 (1), 115-142
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2173
An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Thai-Thanh Dang, Herwig Immervoll, Daniela Mantovani, Kristian Orsini, Holly Sutherland
also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2114
The Impact of Brazil's Tax-Benefit System on Inequality and Poverty
Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, José Ricardo Nogueira, Cathal O'Donoghue, Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira
published in: Klasen, S. and F. Nowak-Lehmann (eds.), Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America, MIT Press, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2033
'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market
Olivier B. Bargain, Marco Caliendo, Peter Haan, Kristian Orsini
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 21 (1), 323-351
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2025
Beans for Breakfast? How Exportable Is the British Workfare Model?
Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini
revised version published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 25, 165-198
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1824
Household Incomes and Redistribution in the European Union: Quantifying the Equalising Properties of Taxes and Benefits
Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, Christine Lietz, Daniela Mantovani, Cathal O'Donoghue, Holly Sutherland, Gerlinde Verbist
published in: Papadimitriou, D.B. (ed.), The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation, Palgrave MacMillan 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1537
Pension Incomes in the European Union: Policy Reform Strategies in Comparative Perspective
Daniela Mantovani, Fotis Papadopoulos, Holly Sutherland, Panos Tsakloglou
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 25, 27-71
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1509
Child Poverty and Family Transfers in Southern Europe
Manos Matsaganis, Cathal O'Donoghue, Horacio Levy, Manuela Coromaldi, Magda Mercader-Prats, Carlos Farinha Rodrigues, Stefano Toso, Panos Tsakloglou
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 25, 101-124
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1490
Wohlfahrts- und Verteilungseffekte eines allgemeinen Freibetrags bei den Sozialabgaben
Hilmar Schneider, Holger Bonin
published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2005, 38 (4), 475-492
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1480
Cooperative Models in Action: Simulation of a Nash-Bargaining Model of Household Labor Supply with Taxation
Olivier B. Bargain, Nicolas Moreau
published as 'The Impact of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Labor Supply in a Simulated Nash-bargaining Framework' in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013, 34(1), 77-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1455
On Modeling Household Labor Supply with Taxation
Olivier B. Bargain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1445
In-Work Policies in Europe: Killing Two Birds with One Stone?
Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (6), 667-693
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1441
Normative Evaluation of Tax Policies: From Households to Individuals
Olivier B. Bargain
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (2), 339-371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1015
Analytical Prediction of Transitions Probabilities in the Conditional Logit Model
Holger Bonin, Hilmar Schneider
published in: Economics Letters, 2006, 90 (1), 102-107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 762
The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply: A Simulation Study for Switzerland
Michael Gerfin, Robert E. Leu
revised version published as ''Evaluationg the Cost-Effectiveness of In-Work Benefits: A Simulation Study for Switzerland' in: German Economic Review, 2007, 8 (4), 447 - 467
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