Cypriot austerity measures hit middle and higher income families

The pre-bailout austerity measures implemented in Cyprus were both mild and directed more at middle and higher income families rather than the poor. However, the ability of the government to cut social expenditure and or raise taxes while protecting the poor is likely to be limited post-bailout, according to a new EUROMOD study published by ISER.

Simulating a minimum income for Greece

Economists from the Policy Analysis Research Unit at the Athens University of Economics and Business have used EUROMOD, the ISER-based microsimulation unit, to forecast the impact of introducing a minimum guaranteed income.

The evolution of tax and benefit policy in Latvia: what has been the place of distributional considerations?

A new paper published in the Baltic Journal of Economics provides an assessment of selected tax-benefit policy reforms implemented in Latvia in response to the recession using the Latvian component of EUROMOD.

New 27 country EUROMOD announced

The first-ever all-EU version of the microsimulation model, EUROMOD, has been released to the research community.

Microsimulation research workshop

Call for papers for the 2nd microsimulation workshop for policy makers and academics.

New EUROMOD version released

ISER’s EUROMOD team has successfully finalised and released the new 18-country version of its tax-benefit micro-simulation model for the EU.

Greek financial crisis has alarming effect on poverty levels

New research from members of ISER’s EUROMOD project shows that levels of poverty among the Greek population have risen alarmingly since the financial crisis hit last year.

New faces for EUROMOD

Three new researchers have joined ISER’s EUROMOD project.