ETMOD (SOUTHMOD)
ETMOD has been developed in cooperation with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), the EUROMOD team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and KU Leuven. The current ETMOD national team is based at the University of Insubria in Italy. The latest available version of ETMOD is based on the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS) 2013-14, allowing for representative results on the national and to a certain extent on the sub-national level. Policies are simulated for 2014 through 2017 (based on updated household level data from 2013-14).
ETMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia 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. More details can be found https://www.wider.unu.edu/about/etmod-–-simulating-tax-and-benefit-policies-development-ethiopia.
History:
ETMOD was launched in Addis Ababa in July 2017 when the first training course also took place. The participants included over 30 government officials and researchers from Ethiopia. The second training course was organized for 20 participants in Addis Ababa in October 2022.
Current team members:
The current ETMOD national team is based at the University of Insubria in Italy.
Former team members:
Ethiopian Development Research Institute together with the EUROMOD team at Essex, UNU-WIDER and KU Leuven
Status:
Not maintained
Content accessibility:
- Private, access restricted
Notes: ETMOD model itself is freely accessible for non-commercial research use but input data has to be manually constructed. Access to the model and the Stata do-files necessary to produce the underpinning data set that corresponds to the model can be requested here.https://www.wider.unu.edu/about/accessing-southmod-models
Data accessibility:
- Available upon request
Notes: Only parts of the inputdata are openly accesible..
Input data sources:
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Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS)
Model outputs:
Model documentation:
Project page