What is EUROMOD?

EUROMOD is a tax-benefit microsimulation platform that enables researchers and policy analysts to calculate, in a comparable manner, the effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes and work incentives.

Cross-country comparability is enabled by coding policy systems according to a common framework based on a standard set of protocols.

The model is open access, with an increasing number of users across Europe and beyond. There are now over 40 national models based on EUROMOD and several hundred active end users from a range of institutional backgrounds, helping bridge the gap between academic research and policymaking. Users are encouraged to publish their EUROMOD-based analysis in a flourishing Working Paper series.

The EUROMOD platform is highly flexible but also organised, documented, validated and transparent. Underpinning the model is the purpose-built software comprising a user-friendly interface, supplemented by “plug-ins” and “add-ons” for special purpose analysis.