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Is the "neighbour's" lawn greener? Comparing family support in Lithuania and four other NMS
Salanauskaitė, Lina; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2011
these two factors, focusing on the family support system in Lithuania and comparing it with four other new member states …. Both single and large families have increased susceptibility to poverty in Lithuania. This contrasts with other former … communist countries, namely Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic which protect these family types much better. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288257
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Cross-validating administrative and survey datasets through microsimulation and the assessment of a tax reform in Luxembourg
Liégeois, Philippe; Berger, Frédéric; Islam, Nizamul; … - 2010
Using EUROMOD, we cross-validate two types of micro-data presently available in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, administrative data on one hand and survey data on the other hand. While administrative data, extracted from the recently implemented Social Security Data Warehouse, contain information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288278
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Cross-validating administrative and survey datasets through microsimulation and the assessment of a tax reform in Luxembourg
Liégeois, Philippe; Berger, Frédéric; Islam, Nizamul; … - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2009
Using EUROMOD, we cross-validate two types of micro-data presently available in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, administrative data on one hand and survey data on the other hand. While administrative data, extracted from the recently implemented Social Security Data Warehouse, contain information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526988
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External Shocks in a Small Open Economy: A CGE-Microsimulation Analysis
Ahmed, Vaqar; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 2009
sector CGE model with a detailed microsimulation model to study the effects of changes in foreign savings and import prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534441
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External Shocks in a Small Open Economy: A CGE - Microsimulation Analysis
Ahmed, Vaqar; O'Donoghue, Cathal - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 15 (2010) 1, pp. 45-90
equilibrium (CGE) model with a microsimulation model to study the effects of changes in foreign savings and import prices faced by … decline in exports are textiles, leather, cement, and livestock. In this simulation food and oil prices decline and the … prices of petroleum or industrial raw material leads to a reduction in exports. In this simulation the crop sector is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556765
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Taxation Reforms: a CGE-Microsimulation Analysis for Pakistan
Ahmed, Saira; Ahmed, Vagar; Abbas, Ahsan - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2010
This paper provides an ex ante assessment of taxation reforms being considered in Pakistan, in order to widen the tax base and rationalise the rate structure of different taxes. Amongst the main proposals, those focusing on sales tax and agricultural direct taxes seem relatively more attractive....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680793
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Is the "neighbour's" lawn greener? : comparing family support in Lithuania and four other NMS
Salanauskaitė, Lina; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2011
these two factors, focusing on the family support system in Lithuania and comparing it with four other new member states …. Both single and large families have increased susceptibility to poverty in Lithuania. This contrasts with other former … communist countries, namely Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic which protect these family types much better. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009426405
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Group simulation and income tax statistics: how big is the error?
Müller, Heiko; Sureth, Caren - 2007
Microsimulation based on income tax statistics may be useful in tax reform discussions. Unfortunately, access to … availability. Analyzing how much reliability and robustness of results we lose if we employ group simulation instead of … microsimulation, we compare both methods. Investigating tax scale effects by the group model leads to very good results. Determining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298468
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Microsimulation as an instrument to evaluate economic and social programmes
Merz, Joachim - 1993
In recent years microsimulation models (MSMs) have been increasingly applied in quantitative analyses of the individual … impacts of economic and social programme policies. The suitability of using microsimulation as an instrument to analyze main … and principles of the two general microsimulation approaches: static and dynamic (cross-section and life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290116
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Group Simulation and Income Tax Statistics - How Big is the Error?
Sureth, Caren; Müller, Heiko - 2012
Microsimulation based on income tax statistics may be useful in tax reform discussions. Unfortunately, access to … availability. Analyzing how much reliability and robustness of results we lose if we employ group simulation instead of … microsimulation, we compare both methods. Investigating tax scale effects by the group model leads to very good results. Determining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053094