Project

Microsimulation Study on Current Issues in Spousal Tax-Ation and the Need for Reform in the Transfer System

Client: German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung)
Project period: August 2023 - December 2023
Research Areas:
Project team: Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl, Dr. Maximilian Joseph Blömer

Task

Different reform options in spousal taxation and in the German basic income and transfer system are analyzed and the effects of the reform options are quantified. The simulations will include a baseline scenario under current law and the various reform options, each compared to the current legal status.

Data and other sources

The simulation calculations are carried out using the  ifo Microsimulation Model.

Publication (in German)

Monograph (Authorship)
Maximilian Joseph Blömer, Andreas Peichl
Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, 2023

Information

Contact
Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl

Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl

Director of the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys
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+49(0)89/9224-1225
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+49(0)89/907795-1225
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