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This website presents and documents the implementation and applications of the dynamic microsimulation model MicroWELT and its sister model microDEMS. The models are implemented at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research WIFO. The model developments within the EU funded research projects are open source and realised in cooperation with international partner institutions, namely the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the University of Essex, the University of Ottawa and the Slovenian Institute of Economic Research.

The microsimulation models and applications presented on this website have been funded by:

  • EU Framework Programme JPI MYBL (Weltransim, WellCARE)

  • EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe (SustainWELL)

  • Austrian National Bank

  • Austrian Social Insurance Administration

  • US National Bureau of Economic Research / US Social Insurance Administration

  • Bertelsmann Foundation

  • Austrian Chamber of Commerce

  • Austrian Trade Union Federation

  • Austrian Federal Chamber of Labor

  • Austrian Chamber of Agriculture