Description:

The aim of the course is to provide academics, policy practitioners and other interested users with an introduction to the concepts, structure and functioning of EUROMOD. EUROMOD is a state-of-the-art tax-benefit microsimulation model linking micro-data from household surveys and policy legislation in a single user interface. It allows for complex policy impact analysis, such as evaluations of policy reforms in terms of poverty, inequality, work incentives and government budgets, assessments of EU-wide policies or estimation of the impact of changing population characteristics on the redistributive effect of existing policies. EUROMOD covers all 28 EU Member States.

The course will cover the basics of tax-benefit microsimulation, the logic and structure behind EUROMOD, working with EUROMOD’s user interface, input data, EUROMOD ‘language’ and using existing documentation. The bulk of the course is dedicated to teaching EUROMOD functions which form the building blocks of the EUROMOD ‘language’. The course combines lectures with live demonstrations of the model. Participants also have the opportunity to carry out a number of exercises to test and refine their understanding of the model.

At the end of the course, participants are expected to have a good understanding of how EUROMOD works and to be capable of using EUROMOD for their own purposes.

Participants will be provided with a free copy of the latest public release of the model to be installed on their own personal computer.

Important: Please note that due to data access restrictions, the course will be using a synthetic data set. No access to data on real households can be granted on the basis of taking part in the course. We advise participants wanting to start using EUROMOD after the course with micro-datasets for any of the EU countries to follow the instructions here as soon as possible: https://www.euromod.ac.uk/using-euromod/access/access-process . This can be done in advance of the course.

Candidates to this winter school are expected to fill in the application form before 13 September 2020 including a motivation for attending the winter school.

Important: This event is generally oversubscribed. Applicants should therefore make a detailed case for using EUROMOD in their motivation statement and include any supporting information they consider relevant. Attendees at previous training courses will not be prioritised. If we receive several applications from one institution we are likely to limit places to a maximum of two colleagues (and possibly only one if we are heavily oversubscribed).