PolicyEngine
Research
APIPython
Donate
us
PolicyEngineModel
Overview
Behavioral responses

Model

Rules

How PolicyEngine encodes tax-and-benefit rules — which programs are covered, the legislative parameters that drive calculations, and the input and output variables exposed to households and microsimulations.

Coverage trackerWhich federal, state, and local tax-and-benefit programs PolicyEngine and peer models implement.ExploreParametersBrowse every legislative parameter that drives the model — thresholds, rates, brackets, eligibility cut-offs.ExploreVariablesInspect the input and output variables computed at the person, family, tax unit, and household level.Explore
PolicyEngine

PolicyEngine 2026

Compare
PolicyEngine US with…
Pick one or more peers to switch this model page into side-by-side view.