This paper aims to provide an introduction to the current state of the art of EUROMOD, the
European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model. It explains the original motivations for …

We provide an overview of microsimulation approaches for assessing the effects of policy on
income distribution. We focus on the role of tax-benefit policies and review the concept of …

Over the last few years concern for income inequality in Europe has increased remarkably.
In this context, taxation is an important redistributive instrument, and we investigate the …

Concern about rising inequality in advanced economies increased with the advent of the
Great Recession in 2007. Rising unemployment and fiscal consolidation were expected to …

This paper builds on the empirical literature that analyses the relationship between
government efficiency and economic growth by investigating the link on a sample of about …

As well acknowledged in the literature, housing is often the dominant consumption good for
most households. As such, it should be included in a comprehensive welfare aggregate to …

The paper presents the main characteristics of BETAMOD, a static microsimulation model
that reproduces the Italian personal income tax (IRPEF), as well as local income taxes …

The rise of wealth inequalities between and within nations is sustaining the request of
reforming personal income taxes in many countries. A complete evaluation of the …

In this paper we present a first attempt to devedop a representative and fdexibde static tax-
benefit microsimudation moded, based on an exact match among a representative sampde …

Italy experienced a double‐dip Great Recession: after the start of the global financial crisis,
Italy had a second serious recession in 2011 as a result of the sovereign debt crisis. The …