Winter School in cross country microsimulation Day 1 Silvia Avram, Alberto Tumino, Chrysa Leventi, Iva Tasseva ISER 26-28 February Course based on EUROMOD v. G1.0+ 1
Feb 25, 2016
Winter School in cross country microsimulation
Day 1
Silvia Avram, Alberto Tumino, Chrysa Leventi,Iva Tasseva
ISER26-28 February
Course based on EUROMOD v. G1.0+
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Outline: Day 1• Morning (9:30-12:30 with a break at 11:00)
– Tax Benefit Microsimulation and EUROMOD– Model Design– The EUROMOD User Interface(UI)– Running EUROMOD– Summary Statistics Tool– Error handling Documentation
• Afternoon (14:00-17:00 with a break at 15:30)– Hands-on practice: Exercise 1– EUROMOD functions and parameters
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Outline: Day 2
• Morning (9:30-12:30 with a break at 11:00)– Hands-on practice: Exercises 2& 3– EUROMOD Functions and Parameters (cont.)– Income Lists
• Afternoon (14:00-17:00 with a break at 15:30)– Hands-on practice: Exercises 4 & 5– Hands-on practice: Exercise 6
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Outline: Day 3
• Morning (9:30-12:30 with a break at 11:00)– Assessment (tax) units in EUROMOD– Hands-on practice: Exercise 7
• Afternoon (14:00-17:00 with a break at 15:30)– Hands-on practice: Exercises 8 & 9– Presentations by participants– Using EUROMOD after the course– Q&A
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Tax-benefit microsimulation and EUROMOD
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Microsimulation• Micro: technique using units (ex: individuals, households, firms etc.)
instead of aggregate information
• Simulation: application of an intervention that may change the state or behaviour of units
• Contribution: estimates results derived from the application of these rules on each unit.
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Tax-benefit models
• Micro: household micro-data
• Simulation: taxes and benefits
• Contribution: impact on disposable income
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Why tax-benefit microsimulation?0
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Source: Euromod using EU-SILC 2004
• Population diversity and frequency
• Policy complexity: detail and interactions
What makes EUROMOD special?
• Multi-country tax-benefit model for the European Union: unique
• Harmonised data and simulations
• Very flexible structure (but scope depends on data available)
• Tax-benefit modelling language: universal
• Library of policies
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What can EUROMOD do?
• Simulate previous, current, future and “potential” tax-benefit rules– Distributive analysis– Budgetary effects– Indicators of work incentives
• Complex policy reforms (e.g. revenue-neutral)
• Policy swapping
• Counterfactual (“what if”) scenarios (e.g. stress test)
• EU-wide policy reforms
• Tax evasion and non-take-up simulation/calibration (special data )
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Example
Levy, Morawski and Myck, Euromod Working Paper 3/08
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5%
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15%20%
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35%
FGT0 FGT1 FGT2
Baseline 2005
PL-2007
Austrian system
French system
UK system
No fam ben
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EUROMOD in this course
• EUROMOD is continuously being developed and improved• Latest public release (G1.0+)• Countries and policies
– BE, GR, IT, ES, UK, LT, CZ, HU, EE: 2005-2012– NL, SE, IE, PT, CY, PL, SI, LV, SK, FR: 2006-2012 – DK, LU, FI, AT, DE, MT, RO, BG : 2007-2012
• Data– EU-SILC data acess issue– training data
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Overview of EUROMOD design
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Structure
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Input microdata(text file)
Policy parameters(XML files-EUROMOD UI)
Simulations(EURMOD Engine in C++)
Output microdata with additional simulated variables (text file)
• Variables: demographic, labour, income, assets, expenditure
• Harmonised data reference period
• Compulsory variables (e.g., id, age, weight, incomes)
• No missing values
• Gross income
• Monetary variables reported on (average) monthly basis
• Documentation (do-files template and DRD)
• Currently-based on SILC
EUROMOD input dataset15
Names are combination of acronyms: abb**a – type of information (e.g., y: income, x: expenditure)bb – specific for each type a (e.g., y| em: employment, se: self employment)
eg. yem: employment incomeyse: self-employment income
** further bb’s for additional information/detail eg. ysebs: business self-employment income
exception id*, eg. idperson, idmother
Variable name convention16
EUROMOD policy parameters• Contain all info about tax-benefit rules• Stored in XML files read by the EUROMOD engine• Two files per country
– Data config file– Parameters file
• Common Variables file (VarConfig.xml) • Manipulated via user interface (UI)• UI-stand alone software based on .NET framework• Implemented via EUROMOD functions grouped in policies
– General settings– Defining elements to be used later on (tax units, income lists,
constants etc.)– Simulation of policies– Controlling the output file
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EUROMODUser Interface
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Installation
• Requires Microsoft .NET framework files or an Internet connection to download files in the SETUP process
• Complete separation between UI and ‘content’ (i.e. XML) files• Only one copy of the UI but can use multiple ‘content’ files• ...but content files must have set structure of folders
• Run the Installation Wizard• Set the path to your EUROMOD files
– Project path– (if necessary) separate input data and output data paths
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EUROMOD folder structure
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Linking EUROMOD to content files
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User Interface (UI)
• Single stand-alone piece of software-Windows OS• Single working environment• Mostly point and click but some hot keys are available (standard and
specific)• In-built features that allow for improved user control and guidance• Intuitive!!• Features:
– Ribbon bar with tabs– Context menus– IntelliSense (suggestion of parameter values )– Drag and drop– Bookmarks and comments– Built-in help
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User Interface (UI)
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Run button
Ribbon bar
Country files
Working environment24
open countrypolicy systems
comments
policies
Ribbon bar25
Country tools:-country must be open to activate buttons-contains options that manipulate the general parameters of a country file
-name and acronym-currencies used for parameters in the system and output-which datasets are available and their characteristics
-Adding and deleting systems-Viewing options:
-full spine vs. single policy-search and replace-formatting-bookmarks
-More advanced (import/ export systems, add-ons etc.)
Systems Settings26
set exchange rate
Parameters’ currency output currency
income used for head definition
Database settings27
adding/ deletingfolder where micro-data stored if different from default
characteristics of dataset to be filled in
Ribbon bar
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Administration tools:-adding and deleting countries-accessing and administering the variables file-updating progress: overview of available policy systems and datasets
More advanced & not covered in this course:-available add-ons-applications (EXCEL based)
EUROMOD Help
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browse search
Context menus
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Context Menus
• Activated by right-clicking– Column headings– Row headings– Function headings/ parameter names– Comments
• Intuitive options controlling the respective elements
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IntelliSense
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Variable Administration
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List of all variables existing in all countries in alphabetical ordername
Description of variable for countries where it is used
automatic label
Set vbl to monetary or non-monetary
Adding a variable
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new empty row;fill in name and monetary
Naming a variable
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acronyms
UI checks validity of name and existence of the variable
Filtering variables
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select filters
Running EUROMOD
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select countries
select systemsselect datasets
Running EUROMOD38
extra options
Running EUROMOD39
run dialogdata and systems running
status
control display of run log and error log
run/ error log
Output files• micro-data (with an optional header)
• separate header file (optional)
Header
Detailed run-time (optional)
Header (optional)
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Output files• Content manipulated in policy output_std_cc• Usually including:
– All variables present in the input microdata file– Simulated variables (i.e. simulated taxes and benefits)– Standardized income lists– (optional) non-standard income lists– (optional) temporary variables– (optional) Tax unit identification info
• Control level at which info is outputted (ex: individual, household etc.)
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Summary Statistics Tool
• Output of EUROMOD= micro-data• Process using a statistical software package (ex. Stata)• Only for training purposes- Summary Statistics Tool• Computes a range of commonly used indicators and statistics:
– poverty rates for the overall population and for selected groups and the Gini coefficient
– distribution of household income, taxes and benefits by income group– demographic information on households by income group
• Currently in Excel• Computed indicators are fixed and cannot be changed not for ‘real’
analysis!!!• 7 tables produced in Excel
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Summary statistics tool43
enable macros
folder where your output file is stored
fill in required infoone row per output file
Summary Statistics Tool
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country and system on which statistics calculated
one sheet per output file
Implementing a simple reform• Where:
– Simpleland• What:
– make the child benefit more generous• How:
– Open Simpleland– Add a new system where your reform will be implemented
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Implementing a simple reform
• How:– Open the child benefit policy– Make the changes in the new (reform) system
– Run EUROMOD– Analyze results with the Summary Statistics Tool
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Error handling
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produce an error
Error handling48
info on nature and location of the error
Error handling• Output folder-error log file (text format)• Same info as in the running dialog box• Error logs contain time stamp of their creation• Info about EUROMOD version, policy system where error occurred and
dataset used
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Documentation
• MANUALS– Euromod Terminology all in built-in help– Running Euromod and Basic Concepts– Euromod Functions
• COUNTRY REPORTS (CR)(https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/euromod/resources-for-euromod-
users/country-reports)• DATA DESCRIPTION DOCUMENTS (DRD)• WORKING PAPERS(https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/euromod/working-papers)
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Country report
1. Basic information– background information– brief description of all policies
2. Simulation of taxes and benefits in EUROMOD– scope and order of simulation– detailed information on simulated policies (incl. assumptions)
3. Data– general description and references to original data documentation– data adjustment, imputations and assumptions
4. Validation– policy validation – income distribution validation: poverty and inequality– “health warnings”
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End of session
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Exercise 1
• Producing summary statistics
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EUROMOD functions and parameters
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EUROMOD functions
• Building blocks to implement policies– Parameters stored in XML and manipulated via the UI– Calculation in EUROMOD executable (C++ code)
• Standardised simulation language– Flexibility– Harmonisation– Parameterisation– Consistency (e.g., errors handling)– Sufficiency (any country any policy)
• Transparent and documented– In-built HELP– EMM_Functions manual (same info)
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Structure of a function
Parameters are either compulsory or optional
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Function name/ type
Parameter names Parameter values
Switch: on/off/ toggle
Policies• = block of functions that complete a ‘real’ policy simulation• can be manipulated independently
– switch –affects all functions in the policy– same policy may be repeated by simple referencing– can be copied / moved
• order of policies is called ‘spine’• policy names end (usually) with the country acronym• each policy will have some explanation on what it is intended to simulate
in the comment columns• policies can have any name • ...but in practice we use some conventions• can be:
– common to all countries (ex: defining uprating factors)– country specific (ex: means-tested child benefit for single parents)
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Policies
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social insurance contribution policy made up of 3 functions
policy namepolicy switch
policy description
Manipulating functions and policies
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right-click on policy name to activate menu
right-click on function/ parameter names to activate menu
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Type of functions
• System functions– functions used to define some general settings that are common across
countries (ex: uprating, default values for datasets etc.)
• Policy functions– functions used to implement tax-benefit policies
• Special functions– more advanced functions that perform more complicated tasks (loops,
changing parameters at run-time etc.)– not covered in this course
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System functionsUprate, SetDefault,DefOutput,
DefConst, DefVar
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Function Uprate (I) • Indices to uprate monetary variables to price level of policy year
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name of variable to be uprated
value of uprating factor
define factor to be used later on
Function Uprate (II)63
Aggregate variables Using different values for different groups
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Function SetDefault• sets alternative values or variables if a dataset variable is missing
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Function DefOutput• Determines the content of the output file
• TAX_UNIT: level of aggregation
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Function DefConst• To set up constants ... name them always starting with a $
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Function DefVar• To set intermediate (temporary) variables not included in VarConfig.xml
Policy functionsElig, ArithOp
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Function Elig
• implements conditions • sets a variable (by default sel_s) to 0 or 1, based on the condition in elig_cond.
Subsequent functions use this information via parameter who_must_be_elig
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Function ArithOp• Arithmetical calculator. The result of the parameter formula is stored as
output variable
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Parameters
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Parameters
• May be:– Common to several functions– Specific to one function
• May be:– Compulsory (i.e. error generated if not used)– Optional– Which parameters are compulsory/ optional depends on the function
• Order of parameters in a function is not important– (but order of functions in a policy is!!!!!!)
• Manipulated via context menu– Only relevant parameters for the given function are shown
• Drag & drop can be used
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Parameters
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Common output parameters
– Output_var, output_add_var, result_var– func_Elig sel_s
– Either output_var or output_add_var must be indicated
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Common “limiting” parameters
– Lowlim (lower limit)– Uplim (upper limit)– Threshold (threshold)
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Common “eligibility” parameters (1)
– who_must_be_elig: function’s calculations are carried out if…– one_member (or one): one member of the assessment unit is eligible– one_adult: one adult member of the assessment unit is eligible– all_members (or all or taxunit): all members of the assessment unit are eligible– all_adults: all adult members of the assessment unit are eligible– nobody: calculations are carried out for each assessment unit (default)
• “eligibility” is determined by the variable indicated by the parameter elig_var (by default sel_s)
– 0: person is not eligible– 1: person is eligible
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Common “eligibility” parameters (2)
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Common “eligibility” parameters (3)
who_must_be_elig
idhh idperson dag sel_s one one_
adultall all_adults
nobody
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Common parameter TAX_UNIT
• TAX_UNIT allows for the definition of the assessment unit a function refers to:– Individuals– Various definitions of family units– Household units
• Compulsory for most policy functions
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Linking functions
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Interactions between functions (1)
– Input: one function calculates a variable, which is used as an input by a subsequent function.
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Interactions between functions (2)
• The functions interact in three ways (+ replacement):– Condition: one function (usually function Elig) evaluates a condition
and a subsequent function operates on the basis of the result of this evaluation
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Interactions between functions (3)
– Addition: one function calculates a part of a policy and a subsequent function calculates another part of the policy and therefore needs to add to the first part.
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Result of a function
• It is always assigned to the head of the assessment unit
• For all other members of the unit and for those in not eligible units (defined by who_must_be_elig) :– output_var is set to zero.– output_add_var not changed or set to 0 if undefined before– result_var is set to zero.
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Parameter values
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Amount parameters• Monetary (numbers; use . for decimal) followed by their period:
– #m for monthly (no conversion)– #y for yearly – #q for quarterly – #w for weekly – #d for daily – #l for labour day– #s for six day labour week
• Default is #m (monthly)
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Query parameters (1)• frequently used ready made calculations • The results of a query is either yes/no or some (monetary or non monetary) value.• Well-documented in Help
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Query parameters (2)• Use IntelliSense to enter values
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query symbol
Formula parameters
• Operations: ^, <min>, <max>, <abs>, (), !(), %, , /, *, \, +, -,• Operands :
– variables (monetary and non monetary), – incomelists – queries
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Condition parameters
• logical and comparison operations to evaluate a condition with a yes/no result.• Conditions in by curly brackets {}, can be grouped by parenthesis ()• Negative condition (i.e. !) can be used with a single condition only
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Footnote parameters• They serve the further specification of other parameters. They are
identified by #i (i=number from 1 to....)– Limits– Amounts– Assessment units– Specification of queries
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Parameter values and the assessment unit
level of interpretation condition parameters other parameters
monetary variables and incomelists assessment unit assessment unit
non-monetary variables and individual level
queries individual head of assessment unit
non individual level queries check manual check manual
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End of session
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Winter School in cross country microsimulation
Day 2
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Silvia Avram, Alberto Tumino, Chrysa Leventi,Iva Tasseva
26-28 February 2014Course based on EUROMOD v. G1.0+
Outline: Day 2
• Morning (9:30-12:30 with a break at 11:00)– Hands-on practice: Exercises 2& 3– EUROMOD Functions and Parameters (cont.)– Income Lists
• Afternoon (14:00-17:00 with a break at 15:30)– Hands-on practice: Exercises 4 & 5– Hands-on practice: Exercise 6
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Exercise 2
• Reforming child benefit in Estonia
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Exercise 3
• Reforming the child benefit in the UK
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Policy functionsBenCalc, SchedCalc, Allocate
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Function BenCalc (1)• Benefit calculator, used to implement a wide range of policy instruments, in
particular benefits• It combines the functionalities of the functions func_Elig and func_ArithOp• Calculates a sum of “components”, where the value of a component is only added if
a certain condition is fulfilled by at least one member of the assessment unit
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Function BenCalc (2)• compi_cond = func_Elig |elig_cond • compi_perTU or compi_perElig = func_ArithOp | formula
– compi_perTU amount is added once– compi_perElig amount is added once per individual fulfilling the
condition is added. • either perTU OR perElig in one component• can set upper and lower limits for earch component
– compi_lowlim– compi_uplim
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Function BenCalc (3)• Withdraw parameters- subtract something from the calculated sum of
components– withdraw_base: what is being subtracted (ex: variable, income list)– withdraw_rate: what percentage of the base is being subtracted– withdraw_start: set a minimum level of the sum of components before
any subtraction begins– withdraw_end: level of the base where sum of the components-
base*rate is 0• Negative result automatically set to 0• Result=max(Sum of components-max(BASE-START, 0)*RATE, 0)• Rate and end cannot be used simultaneously
– If withdraw end is specified:• RATE=(sum of components)/(END-START)
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Function BenCalc (4)102
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Function SchedCalc (1)• Used (mainly) for progressive taxes• Tax schedule
– Tax bands: bandi_upLim / bandi_lowlim– Tax rate: bandi_rate – Tax base : base
• Instead rates, for fixed amounts use bandi_amount
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Function SchedCalc (2)
• Joint taxation: quotient• Result= ((Base/Quotient)*Tax schedule)*Quotient
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Function SchedCalc (3)• simple_prog: apply highest marginal tax rate reached by base on the
whole income
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Function Allocate (1)• default: result is assigned to the head of the assessment unit. • Allocate reallocates amounts between members of assessment units
(subject to conditions)
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Function Allocate (2)
• Split the amount of a variable– share: which variable to split– Amount to split first summed up across assessment unit members– share_between: condition parameter; who are the members
‘participating’ in the split– Default is all members of the assessment unit– share_prop: in what proportion to split between the various qualifying
members (i.e. those satisfying the share_between condition)– Default is sharing in equal proportions
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Special functions
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Special functions (advanced)
• func_AddOn_xxx (implement extended functionalities not part of the standard tax-benefit calculations, such Effective Marginal Tax Rates, different budget sets)
• func_Loop and func_UnitLoop (repeat part (or all) of the tax-benefit calculations)• func_Store and func_Restore (set a variable to the initial (or other previous) value • func_ChangeParam (modify parameters during the model run)• func_Totals (calculates aggregates over groups of persons/households)• func_DropUnit and func_KeepUnit (drops certain persons/households from the
calculations)• func_ILVarOp (performs operations on variables that are part of an income list)• func_RandSeed (generates random numbers)• func_CallProgramme (calls another programme, e.g., Stata)
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Incomelists
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Incomelists
• Aggregates of several variables
• Standardised output (e.g. ils_dispy)
• func_DefIL : special policy (i.e. ILDef_cc) or any other policy
• Once defined it is available for all subsequent functions and policies
• Naming convention: prefix il_ for “normal”, ils_ for “standard”
• No tax unit defined all income lists built at the individual level
• Behave like a monetary variable
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Function DefIL (1)
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• Components:─ Variables─ Pre-defined income lists─ Fixed amounts─ Constants
• Operations:─ +, -─ fractions can be used
Function DefIL (2)
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• If you want to take out a component in a specific policy system replace operation with n/a
Standardized income lists• Defined in every country • Built in a comparable way to facilitate cross-national analysis
– ils_earns: earnings– ils_origy: market incomes– ils_pen: public pensions– ils_bennt: non-means-tested benefits– ils_benmt: means-tested benefits– ils_ben: all benefits and public pensions– ils_tax: taxes– ils_sicee: employee SICs– ils_sicse: self-employed SICs– ils_sicer: employer SICs– ils_sicct: contributed SICs– ils_dispy: disposable income– ils_bensim: simulated benefits– ils_taxsim: simulated taxes
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Incomelists – Matrix view • Summary of income list components
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End of session
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Exercise 4
• Reforming the means-tested income support for families with children in compulsory education in Greece
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Exercise 5
• Reforming the health tax in Denmark
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Exercise 6
• Reforming the social assistance (and income tax ) in Bulgaria
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End of session
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Winter School in cross country microsimulation
Day 3
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Silvia Avram, Alberto Tumino, Chrysa Leventi,Iva Tasseva
26-28 February 2014Course based on EUROMOD v. G1.0+
Outline: Day 3
• Morning (9:30-12:30 with a break at 11:00)– Assessment (tax) units in EUROMOD– Hands-on practice: Exercise 7
• Afternoon (14:00-17:00 with a break at 15:30)– Hands-on practice: Exercises 8 & 9– Presentations by participants– Using EUROMOD after the course– Q&A
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Assessment (Tax) Unit
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Assessment Unit• Unit: group of household members to be considered together • Function DefTU, used at sheet TUDef_cc or anywhere• Defined the first time it is used by the model (see func_UpdateTU)• Name convention: tu_xxxxxx_cc defined
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Types of assessment unitsParameter type: defines the composition of the tax unit
• HH: all individuals of the household are in the same unit.• IND: each individual of the household forms its own unit.• SUBGROUP: individuals determined by parameter members form an unit.
The household may be split into several units of different size.
• Micro data used by EUROMOD-─ sample of households─ all individuals in a selected household─ if assessment unit includes individuals outside the household cannot be
reconstructed exactly
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Individual HouseholdSubgroup
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Some examples of assessment unitsdescription idhh idperson idpartner idmother idfather dag Household Individual family
typical family 1 101 102 0 0 30 A A A1 102 101 0 0 28 A B A1 103 0 102 101 3 A C A1 104 0 102 101 1 A D A
couple.without children
2 201 202 0 0 56 A A A2 202 201 0 0 55 A B A
lone parent 3 301 0 0 0 35 A A A3 302 0 301 0 6 A B A
single 4 401 0 0 0 25 A A Atwo singles living together
5 501 0 0 0 22 A A A5 502 0 0 0 23 A B B
large family 6 601 602 606 0 48 A A A6 602 601 0 0 45 A B A6 603 0 602 601 20 A C A6 604 0 602 601 15 A D A6 605 0 602 601 10 A E A6 606 0 0 0 70 A F B
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Head of a tax unit• The head of a tax unit is
– the richest member of the unit (System Configuration: Income for Head Definition)
– the oldest– the lowest idperson
• ExtHeadCond: further conditions (e.g., female)
parameter name value type
compulsory / optional
default value description
HeadDefInc variable or incomelist
optional ils_origy variable or incomelist used for determining who is the richest person in the assessment unit, see description of parameter ExtHeadCond
ExtHeadCond * condition optional !{IsDepChild} condition further defining the head of the assessment unit the condition is &-linked with the following hardwired head condition: {HeadDefInc>anyother:HeadDefInc} | ({HeadDefInc>=anyother:HeadDefInc} & {dag>anyother:dag}) | ({HeadDefInc>=anyother:HeadDefInc} & {dag>=anyother:dag} & {idperson<anyother: idperson})
StopfI fNoHeadFound yes/no optional no yes: error is issued if ExtHeadCond rules out all household members no: no error issued, ExtHeadCond dropped for affected households
NoChildI fHead yes/no optional no if yes (possible) child status is removed if person is head
NoChildI fPartner yes/no optional no if yes (possible) child status is removed if person is partner
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Members of a tax unit (1)• members usually defines relations with respect to the head of the unit• possible values
– Partner– Children (Own/ Loose, dependent...etc)– Dependent parents– Dependent Relatives
• status of each member (i.e. Partner, OwnDepChild…) is defined by a xxxCond parameter– PartnerCond– OwnChildCond– DepChildCond– OwnDepChildCond– LooseDepChildCond– DepParentCond– DepRelativeCond
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Members of a tax unit (2)• Condition parameters and default values fully documented in Help
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parameter name value type
compulsory / optional
default value description
members categorical compulsory if type= SOUBGROUP
n/a defines which members of the household form a unit if type=SOUBGROUP syntax: status type & status type & status type ... where status type can take the values: - Partner: defined by parameter PartnerCond - OwnDepChild: defined by OwnDepChildCond - LooseDepChild: defined by LooseDepChildCond - OwnChild: defined by OwnChildCond - DepParent: defined by DepParentCond - DepRelative: defined by DepRelativeCond note, that the head is obviously always part of unit and (usually) relations are defined with reference to the head
PartnerCond * condition optional {head: idperson=idpartner} condition defining who is a partner DepChildCond * condition optional {0}
{Default}=!{isparent}&{idpartner<=0} condition defining who is a dependent child
OwnChildCond * condition optional see ** condition defining who is an own child OwnDepChildCond * condition optional {isownchild}&{isdepchild} condition defining who is an own dependent child LooseDepChildCond *
condition optional {idmother=0}&{idfather=0}&{isdepchild} respectively {idparent=0}&{isdepchild}
condition defining who is a loose dependent child
DepParentCond * condition optional see *** condition defining who is a dependent parent DepRelativeCond * condition optional {0} condition defining who is a dependent relative LoneParentCond * condition optional {isparentofdepchild}&{idpartner<=0} condition defining who is a lone parent * variables may be used with the prefixes “head:” or “partner:”.{Default} can be used to further define default condition (see section 14.4) * * OwnChildCond: {head:idperson=idmother}|{head:idperson=idfather}|{partner: idperson=idmother}|{partner: idperson=idfather} respectively: {head: idperson=idparent}|{partner: idperson=idparent} *** DepParentCond: {head:idmother=idperson}|{head:idfather=idperson}|{partner: idmother=idperson}|{partner: idfather=idperson} respectively: ({head:idparent=idperson}|{partner: idparent=idperson})|({idpartner>0}&({head: idparent=idpartner}|{partner: idparent=idpartner}))
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Members of a tax unit (3)
• head: subsequent variable refers to the head of the unit • partner: subsequent variable refers to the partner of the head of the unit
• {default} default setting, can be combined with further specifications
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Members of a tax unit (4)
• DepChildCond: determines who is dependent children
• OwnDepChild: “a son or daughter”. See OwnChildCond• LooseDepChild: “someone who is depend child but doesn’t cohabit with
parent/s”idperson idpartner idmother idfather dag I sInEducation ils_origy I sDepChild assessment unit
101 102 0 0 44 no 2500 0 A 102 101 0 0 40 no 1200 0 A 103 0 102 101 21 no 1000 0 B 104 0 102 101 19 no 800 0 C 105 0 102 101 17 yes 0 1 A 106 0 102 101 10 yes 0 1 A
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Avoiding to split up families
parameter name value type
compulsory / optional
default value
description
AssignDepChOfDependents yes/no optional no if yes dependent children of dependent unit members (i.e. persons who are not head or partner of the unit) are assigned to the unit child/parent relation is identified by variables idmother, idfather respectively idparent
AssignPartnerOfDependents yes/no optional no if yes partners of dependent unit members (i.e. persons who are not head or partner of the unit) are assigned to the unit partner relation is identified by variable idpartner
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Using conditions which refer to income
• If the assessment unit is bigger than the individual, the level of interpreting monetary variables or income lists must be considered carefully (using footnotes)
• Queries can be used to define income conditions (e.g. GetParentIncome, GetCoupleIncome, …)
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Updating assessment units
• The tax unit is defined/ calculated the first time it is used by the model: household members are assigned to respective units once an assessment unit is first used.
• This assignment is not changed with subsequent uses, even if circumstances change.
• However, the reassessment of the units can be enforced by using the function UpdateTU.
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Tax unit in output file
idhhidperson
idpartner
idmother
idfather dag
il_tinty
tu_tinfajt_headid
tu_tinfajt_ispartner
tu_tinfajt_isdepchild
tu_tinfajt_isdepparent
tu_tinfajt_isloneparent
1 101 102 0 0 65 0 101 0 0 0 01 102 101 0 0 60 0 101 1 0 0 01 103 0 102 101 30 0 103 0 0 0 01 104 0 102 101 28 147 104 0 0 0 02 201 202 0 0 29 1,007 201 0 0 0 02 202 201 0 0 25 891 201 1 0 0 02 203 0 202 201 3 0 201 0 1 0 02 204 0 202 201 2 0 201 0 1 0 0
52 5,201 5,202 5,206 5,205 40 1,831 5,201 0 0 0 052 5,202 5,201 0 0 38 0 5,201 1 0 0 052 5,203 0 5,202 5,201 10 0 5,201 0 1 0 052 5,204 0 5,202 5,201 15 0 5,201 0 1 0 052 5,205 5,206 0 0 70 0 5,201 0 0 1 052 5,206 5,205 0 0 70 0 5,201 0 0 1 092 9,201 0 0 0 80 0 9,202 0 0 1 092 9,202 0 0 9,201 38 3,502 9,202 0 0 0 192 9,203 0 0 9,201 34 2,324 9,203 0 0 0 092 9,204 0 0 9,202 11 0 9,202 0 1 0 0
func_DefTu onName tu_tinfajtType SUBGROUP
Members Partner & OwnDepChild & DepParent
PartnerCond {Default} & {IsMarried}
DepChildCond {Default} & {dag<25} & {il_tinty#1<=8000#y}
DepParentCond {Default} & {dag>65} & {il_tinty#1<=8000#y}
#1_level tu_individual_esAssignDepChOfDependents yes
AssignPartnerOfDependents yes
LoneParentCond {default} & !{IsMarried} & {nDepChOfPerson > 0}
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Exercise 7
• Reforming the UK Child Benefit
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End of session
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Exercise 8
• Introducing a benefit cap in the UK
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Exercise 9
• Introducing the Belgian social insurance contributions for pensioners & survival pensioners in the UK
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Using EUROMOD after the course
• Web http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/euromod– Statistics on the distribution and decomposition of disposable income– Country Reports– Working Papers
• Model is freely available for non-commercial use – contact [email protected] to obtain the link for downloading (incl.
manuals)
Model access
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Data access is subject to conditions set by the original data provider• EU-SILC UBD
– Access depends on being in an institution recognised by Eurostat as a “research entity”. For more info see http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/microdata/documents/How_to_apply_for_microdata_access.pdf
– In a second stage you need to be part of a “research proposal” accepted by Eurostat that includes the use of EUROMOD
– When you are ready to submit the second stage proposal contact [email protected]
– Allow at least 4 months for the whole process• Other data: relatively straightforward procedures
Data Access conditions
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• Respect data access rules and conditions• Acknowledge EUROMOD when it is used • Submit all papers using EUROMOD for inclusion in the WP series• Take responsibility for your own use of the model• Tell us about bugs or errors• Keep us informed about what you are working on and when you are
working actively: that way we can keep you informed of relevant changes
Responsibilities of EUROMOD hand-on users
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•Q&A
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End of session
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