Research and analysis
Read PolicyEngine's research on recent and proposed policy reforms, as well as technical and general updates from the organisation.
17 results
December 29, 2024
PolicyEngine US in 2024: A year in review
From state-level modeling to AI-powered analysis, we expanded the frontier of policy research through technology.
December 27, 2024
PolicyEngine US Launches Behavioral Responses
We've expanded our modeling framework to capture how policy changes affect labor supply.
October 24, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Proposal
PolicyEngine projects that restoring the American Rescue Plan policy would cost $144 billion (static) or $201 billion (dynamic) over a decade, while lowering poverty by 1.6% in 2025.
August 13, 2024
PolicyEngine at the 117th Annual Conference on Taxation
Exploring AI applications and enhanced data for tax policy analysis.
March 25, 2024
Beta-launch: PolicyEngine's enhanced microdata for policy analysis
By integrating and calibrating multiple datasets, PolicyEngine makes world-class tax-benefit microsimulation modeling available to anyone.
June 8, 2023
Analysis of the Working Families Tax Cut Act
How the proposal to increase the standard deduction would affect households and society.
April 26, 2023
Digital Public Goods Alliance recognizes PolicyEngine as a Digital Public Good
The UN-endorsed initiative highlights PolicyEngine's open source approach to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals.
April 17, 2023
Introducing Utah State Income Tax Analysis on PolicyEngine
Expanding our tax calculator and reform simulator capabilities to the Beehive State.
April 3, 2023
Revolutionizing policy analysis with AI
Discover PolicyEngine's new GPT-4 integration and audience modes.
March 24, 2023
FiscalSim and PolicyEngine: Emphasizing collaboration and open-source acknowledgment
The Center for Growth and Opportunity launches FiscalSim, a US policy-computing web app drawing heavily from PolicyEngine's work.
March 23, 2023
How much should James Medlock donate to GiveDirectly?
We built a mini-app with the policyengine-us Python package to crunch the implications of a Twitter bet.
March 17, 2023
Automate policy analysis with PolicyEngine's new ChatGPT integration
Score an economic impact in a few clicks. Write a report in one more.
February 2, 2023
How would reforms affect cliffs?
We've added a new feature to the US version of PolicyEngine that lets you see how your reforms affect cliffs.
January 12, 2023
From idea to impact: scoring a policy reform on the new PolicyEngine US
A walkthrough of the new app on a US tax-benefit reform.
November 10, 2022
From OpenFisca to PolicyEngine
OpenFisca has catapulted our progress, and now we've forked it into our own microsimulation framework.
April 29, 2022
How developers can explore the PolicyEngine API
The UK API explorer and US API explorer describe variables and policy parameters in our models.
October 15, 2021
Make Everyone a Policymaker
Today we're (re)launching PolicyEngine to give the public unprecedented insight into the tax and benefit system.
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