New analysis from EUROMOD in World Bank flagship report on Europe and Central Asia

'Toward a New Social Contract : Taking on Distributional Tensions in Europe and Central Asia’ proposes three overall policy principles to help address rising inequality and increased vulnerability in society

Professor Matteo Richiardi takes over as the new Director of EUROMOD

Leading our innovative research in microsimulation, Professor Richiardi takes over from Professor Holly Sutherland on 1 October 2018.

New flash estimates of poverty risk published by the European Commission

Using our tax benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD to provide policy makers with new estimates of 2017 poverty and income inequality levels in European countries

Challenging poverty in developing countries – the impact of our innovation in microsimulation in Mozambique

New spin-off models based on EUROMOD, our tax-benefit microsimulation model developed at Essex, are informing effective policies to combat poverty in developing countries
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Basic Income – testing of a fascinating policy

Basic Income, sometimes called Citizen’s Basic Income or Universal Basic Income, broadly refers to a state transfer given to each individual no matter their circumstances. It’s a policy proposal for alleviating inequality, attracting a lot of attention in policy circles around the world.
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Blog: Basic Income – testing of a fascinating policy by Iva Valentinova Tasseva

Basic Income, sometimes called Citizen’s Basic Income or Universal Basic Income, broadly refers to a state transfer given to each individual no matter their circumstances. It’s a policy proposal for alleviating inequality, attracting a lot of attention in policy circles around the world. Some of the main questions that form the debate around Basic Income […]

Latvia Stumbling Towards Progressive Income Taxation: Episode II

This policy brief uses EUROMOD-LV model to analyze the distributional effects of the 2018 Tax Reform in Latvia

EUROMOD analysis informs new European Commission reports on economic policies

New 2018 European Semester recommendations build on country-specific analysis supported by ISER’s tax benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD