Baseline results from EUROMOD: 2006-2009 policies

Authors

Silvia Avram, Holly Sutherland

Publication Date

Feb 2012

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to provide a description of the latest public release of EUROMOD (version F5.0), a microsimulation model of taxes and benefits in the EU. After giving a brief account of the process of constructing EUROMOD, we present headline indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss explanations for differences between these and EU- SILC based indicators. We then compare EUROMOD indicators across countries and as policies evolve across time between 2006 and 2009. Throughout we highlight both the potential of EUROMOD as a tool for policy analysis and the caveats that should be borne in mind when using it and interpreting results.

Publication type

EUROMOD Working Paper Series

Series Number

EM1/12

Research area

Tax and benefit systems

Notes

Added author information: With Paola De Agostini, Francesco Figari, Tina Haux, Jussi Laitila, Horacio Levy, Alari Paulus, Andrea Salvatori, Iva Tasseva and Alberto Tumino

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