Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261378 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 22-026
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. The model simulates the German tax and transfer system using household micro level data. By estimating fiscal effects, labor market outcomes as well as distributional impacts the model allows for a comprehensive ex ante analysis of reform proposals. Heterogeneity analyses targeting specific subgroups of the population are feasible, too. The present article describes which data sources are used for the simulation, how key features of the German tax and transfer system are implemented, which simulation methods are employed to analyze policy changes and how the model is validated against official statistics. Moreover, by providing examples of the outputs which ZEW-EviSTA generates the paper gives an idea of the questions that can be answered using the model.
Subjects: 
microsimulation
tax system
tax policy
labour market
labour supply
labourdemand
Germany
policy analysis
JEL: 
D58
H20
J22
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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