ECUAMOD (SOUTHMOD)
ECUAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policymakers and researchers alike. It allows the user to analyse and compare the effects of different tax-benefit policy scenarios on poverty, inequality, and government revenues. The model applies user-defined tax and benefit policy rules to micro-data on individuals and households and calculates the effects of these rules on household income. https://www.wider.unu.edu/about/ecuamod-simulating-tax-and-benefit-policies-development-ecuador
History:
The latest available version of ECUAMOD is based on four surveys: the National Income and Expenditure Survey in Rural and Urban households (Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de Hogares Urbanos y Rurales, ENIGHUR) 2011/12 and the National Surveys of Employment, Underemployment, and Unemployment (Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, Desempleo y Subempleo, ENEMDU) from December 2019, 2020 and 2021, allowing for representative results at the national and sub-national level. Policies are simulated for the years 2011-2022.
Current team members:
H. Xavier Jara (University of Essex), Pablo Garcés (IAEN), Lourdes Montesdeoca (IAEN)
Former team members:
César Amores (Universidad Central del Ecuador), Mauricio Cuesta (IAEN), Marcelo Varela (IAEN)
Status:
Maintained
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Input data sources:
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Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de Hogares Urbanos y Rurales (ENIGHUR) 2011/2012
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