Institut des Politiques Publiques

What Institut des Politiques Publiques does

The Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP) is a French non-profit public policy research institute founded in September 2011 by the Paris School of Economics (PSE), with scientific partnership from the Groupe des écoles nationales d'économie et de statistique (GENES), specifically its CREST research center. Headquartered at 48 boulevard Jourdan in Paris, IPP employs 44 permanent research staff (33 FTEs) supplemented by approximately 60 affiliated researchers and PhD students from PSE, CREST, and partner institutions. Its mission is to promote quantitative analysis and evaluation of French public policies using cutting-edge research methods in economics.

IPP's core technology comprises two proprietary microsimulation models — TAXIPP, covering the entire French tax and transfer system since 1997, and PENSIPP, a dynamic model of the French pension system — alongside the Barèmes IPP, comprehensive historical legislative scales of French public policies dating back to 1914 for income tax and 1945 for social security contributions. These tools enable analysis of redistributive effects, pension trajectories, and the household and firm impact of fiscal reforms, supported by an interactive budget impact platform (budget.ipp.eu). Research outputs span policy briefs, reports, working papers, peer-reviewed articles, blog posts, and an annual budget conference co-organized with CEPREMAP.

IPP is funded primarily by a French government subsidy managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) under the Investissements d'avenir programme (reference ANR-17-EURE-0001) since 2012, with additional project-based support from Labex OSE, Collex-Persée, and other research grants. All publications, tools, and data are released free of charge under open license, reflecting a public-interest mandate. Its customer base is non-commercial: French government bodies and policymakers, academic researchers in public economics, and the general public and media seeking accessible fiscal policy analysis. Distribution runs entirely through digital open-access channels, with no commercial pricing or sales motion.

Name

Institut des Politiques Publiques

Legal name

Institut des Politiques Publiques

Website

https://ipp.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IPP is a French non-profit public policy research institute founded in 2011 by the Paris School of Economics and GENES/CREST. It builds microsimulation models (TAXIPP, PENSIPP) and historical legislative databases to evaluate French fiscal and social policies for government, academia, and the public.

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Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Research Funding: French government subsidy managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) under Investissements d'avenir programme (reference ANR-17-EURE-0001) since 2012
2. Research Project Grants: Funding from specific research projects including Labex OSE 'Ouvrir la science économique', Collex-Persée for CoBaLPP project, and other project-based financing
3. Collaborative Community Contributions: Collaborative effort with OpenFisca community and user contributions to the tax and benefit tables

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IPP is a non-profit public policy research institute that develops and operates microsimulation models (TAXIPP for the French tax and transfer system since 1997, and PENSIPP for the pension system) and maintains comprehensive historical legislative databases (Barèmes IPP covering French public policies back to 1914). It produces policy briefs, reports, working papers, academic publications, and interactive online tools (notably budget.ipp.eu) to support quantitative evaluation and analysis of French public policies for government, academic, and public audiences.

Product overview

The Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP) is a public policy research institute created by PSE (Paris School of Economics) and developed through a partnership with GENES/CREST. It offers a portfolio of analytical products centered on two micro-simulation models (TAXIPP for tax and benefit analysis, PENSIPP for pension system analysis), comprehensive legislative data tables (Barèmes IPP) covering French public policies with historical data from 1914, interactive data visualization tools, and various publication formats including policy briefs, reports, and academic papers. The core offering enables quantitative analysis and evaluation of public policies using cutting-edge economics research methods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• TAXIPP TAXIPP is IPP's micro-simulation model covering the entire French tax and transfer system since 1997. It simulates all taxes and social transfers for a representative sample of the French population (including top incomes), enabling analysis of redistributive patterns and the evaluation of fiscal reforms. Distributed as open-source code under an open license to researchers and policy analysts.
• PENSIPP PENSIPP is IPP's dynamic micro-simulation model of the French pension system, used for long-term analysis of retirement policies, pension reforms, and demographic shifts affecting retirement outcomes. Distributed as open-source code for research and policy analysis.
• Barèmes IPP (IPP Tax and Benefit Tables) The Barèmes IPP are comprehensive legislative scales and tables of French public policies organized by classification (mandatory contributions, social transfers, regulations). Historical data dates back to 1914 for income tax, 1945 for social security contributions and retirement, and the 1980s for most benefits. Available as downloadable YAML, CSV, and XLSX files under an open license. Includes legislative references, publication dates in the Journal Officiel, and links to Legifrance.
• budget.ipp.eu (Budget Impact Platform) Dedicated interactive website presenting data, graphics, and visualizations on the impact of French budget measures on households and firms. Supports the annual budget conference co-organized with CEPREMAP and provides accessible budget impact analysis to policymakers and the public.
• IPP Publications (Policy Briefs, Reports, Working Papers, Academic Articles) IPP's publication portfolio includes Notes IPP (policy briefs), Retour d'expérience, Blog posts, Rapports IPP (reports), Guides méthodologiques (methodological guides), and academic articles in peer-reviewed journals. All publications are released under open license and freely available to the public, addressing audiences from policymakers and academics to journalists and informed citizens.

Quantifiable outcome

• TAXIPP covers entire French tax and transfer system since 1997, enabling analysis of 15+ years of fiscal policies
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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Paris School of Economics (PSE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2011PSE created the Institut des Politiques Publiques. PSE brings together 140 researchers and around 200 PhD students, offering teaching at Masters, Doctoral, Summer School and Executive Education programs. PSE is the primary institutional host and intellectual foundation of IPP.
• Groupe des écoles nationales d'économie et de statistique (GENES/CREST)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2011GENES is a public research and teaching institution. Within GENES, CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics) is a joint research center gathering faculty from ENSAE Paris, ENSAI, Ecole Polytechnique Economics Department, and CNRS. CREST provides the scientific partnership and researcher base for IPP.
• J-PAL EuropemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJ-PAL (Poverty Action Lab) created at MIT by Nobel laureates, bases its work on randomized controlled trials. J-PAL Europe is based at PSE and is IPP's chief partner for randomized controlled trials in policy evaluation. The partnership supports impact evaluation using the gold standard experimental methodology.
• CEPREMAPmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerCEPREFMAP (Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales) is a partner within Labex OSE context. IPP co-organizes the annual budget conference with CEPREMAP to present budget impact analyses to policymakers and the public.
• Banque de FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPP has collaborated with Banque de France on assessment of public policies regarding firms, particularly their tax systems. This partnership brings central bank expertise to bear on public policy evaluation projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS): UK-based independent economic research institute focused on tax-benefit microsimulation (TAXBEN) and fiscal policy evaluation, the closest functional analogue to IPP in another major European economy.
• EUROMOD / Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER): EU-wide tax-benefit microsimulation model maintained at the University of Essex, directly comparable to IPP's TAXIPP at the cross-country level, with the same academic public-policy evaluation mandate.
• France Stratégie: French government's own evaluation and foresight institution attached to the Prime Minister, operating in parallel on French public-policy analysis and producing overlapping output.
• CEPREMAP: French economic policy research center co-organizing IPP's annual budget conference; conducts research on fiscal and economic policy broadly comparable to IPP's domain.
• Tax Foundation: US-based tax-policy research organization producing microsimulation-driven analysis of fiscal reforms and distributing open data on tax policy, with a methodology similar to IPP's TAXIPP work.
• Ifo Institute: Munich-based economic research institute with strong applied policy evaluation capabilities, including tax and regional economics, that serves as an analogous German counterpart to IPP.
• DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research): Major German economic policy research institute conducting applied empirical work on taxation, pensions, and labor markets, directly comparable in scale and mission to IPP.

Broad incumbents

• Bruegel: European think tank specializing in EU-level economic policy with wider institutional scope than IPP and overlapping influence on fiscal and pension debates in Europe.
• RAND Corporation: Large global policy research organization with deep government evaluation and microsimulation capabilities across many policy domains, functioning as a broad incumbent analogue to IPP in non-European markets.
• OECD Economics Department: Intergovernmental policy research body producing country-level economic surveys and fiscal analysis for France and other members, operating as a much larger incumbent in the same analytical space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles8 records

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