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The removal of the middle class bulge - models and costs

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  • Florian Dorn
  • Clemens Fuest
  • Björn Kauder
  • Luisa Lorenz
  • Martin Mosler
  • Luisa Dörr

Abstract

The Ifo Institute prepared a study on the income tax burden of middle-class income earners in Germany (the so-called "middle-class bulge") on behalf of the Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM). The middle-class bulge gives rise to swiftly rising marginal tax rates. As a result, middle-class income earners are often considered to be the social group most heavily impacted by taxes and duties. The study entitled: "The removal of the middle class bulge - models and costs" – prepared by the Ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy – presents income tax reform options and quantifies their impact on tax payers and public budgets, using the Ifo income tax simulation model (Ifo-ESM).

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  • Florian Dorn & Clemens Fuest & Björn Kauder & Luisa Lorenz & Martin Mosler & Luisa Dörr, 2017. "The removal of the middle class bulge - models and costs," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 77.
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    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

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