The Arithmetic of Tax and Social Security Reform: A User's Guide to Microsimulation Methods and Analysis / Edition 1

by Gerry Redmond, Holly Sutherland, Moira Wilson

Overview

Tax-benefit models are powerful tools for the analysis of the impact of policy reform, in regular use around the world in government and research organizations. This study focuses on one particular model, POLIMOD. The authors provide an illustration of the type of analysis that can be performed, document the inner layers of data manipulation and model construction that shape its outputs, and examine the reliability of those outputs based on a validation against external sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521632249
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	Department of Applied Economics Occasional Papers , #64
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. Tax-Benefit Methods: Methods and Analysis: 1. Introduction; 1.2 Prospects for further development; 2. POLIMOD; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Policy options; 2.3 Run options; 2.4 Updating; 2.5 Income measure; 2.6 Incidence and behaviour assumptions; Appendix; 2.1 Policy parameters; Appendix; 2.2 Options for income-tax policy; Part II. Model Outputs and Modelling Assumptions: 3. The distributional effect of changes in UK policy since 1978; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Average taxes and benefits; 3.3 Distributional effects; 3.4 Gainers and losers; 3.5 Conclusions.