EUROMOD celebrates 20 years of bridging the gap between academic research and policymaking in 2016

International experts and analysts celebrate 20 years of the pioneering microsimulation model developed at Essex and used by policy makers worldwide.

OECD publishes new study on the potential impact of ambitious “Social Model” reforms in Lithuania

New EUROMOD research has been published by the OECD, simulating alternative scenarios for reforming the unemployment benefit and cash social assistance systems in Lithuania.

Stabilising the EMU through European unemployment insurance

Conference on the “Feasibility and Added Value of a European Unemployment Benefits Scheme” featuring new EUROMOD analysis presented by Dr Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo.

EUROMOD expands to cover all 28 EU member states with inclusion of Croatia

Latest public release of EUROMOD extends the model's coverage to all EU-28 countries with the addition of the 2011-2015 policy systems for Croatia.

Effects of tax-benefit policy changes across the income distributions of the EU-28 countries: 2013-14 and 2014-15

A new report published using the latest version of EUROMOD.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of EUROMOD, the EU tax-benefit microsimulation model: Call for papers for Anniversary Conference September 2016

Sir Anthony Atkinson and other keynote speakers will discuss EUROMOD’s key role in academic research and policy analysis

“SOUTHMOD”: Developing EUROMOD ‘spin-off’ models across Africa, Asia and Latin America

Working alongside South African Social Policy Insights (SASPRI), in a project funded by UNU-WIDER, members of the EUROMOD team at ISER have begun work on an ambitious research and development project.

Latvia Stumbling Towards Progressive Income Taxation

The 2016 Latvian budget includes measures aimed at increasing the progressivity of the income tax system. A new policy brief reports some simulations on the impact of these measures using the Latvian component of EUROMOD.