Welcome to GETTSIM’s documentation!

GETTSIM aims at providing a depiction of the German Taxes and Transfers System that is usable across a wide range of research applications, ranging from highly complex dynamic programming models to extremely detailed microsimulation studies.

GETTSIM is implemented in Python, thereby achieving both user friendliness and flexibility. All features are extensively tested.

The current version is usable, but probably only by the initiated. Please get in touch (ideally by joining our Zulip Chat at https://gettsim.zulipchat.com) if you want to use it already, else keep an eye out for what there is to come!

Initiated by

IZA DIW ifo Institute ZEW

Universität Bonn Universität Kassel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Universität Mannheim Freie Universität Berlin IAB

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