Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18143 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 419
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
In the year 2000, the German government passed the most ambitious tax reform in postwar German history aiming at a significant tax relief for households. Drawing on data of the GSOEP, we analyze the distributional and fiscal effects of the tax reform. Our analysis employs microsimulation techniques. Furthermore, we estimate behavioral effects of the tax reform using a discrete choice labor supply model. We find that the tax reform leads to a significant increase of net household income. The relative gains increase with taxable income, thus income inequality is rising. We also find that behavioral effects reduce the revenue loss.
Subjects: 
tax reform
behavioral effects
distribution and fiscal effects
JEL: 
H31
J22
H24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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