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 …

As normally measured,“global inequality” is the relative inequality of incomes found among
all people in the world no matter where they live. Francois Bourguignon and Branko …

We analyse the UK policy response to Covid-19 and its impact on household incomes in the
UK in April and May 2020, using microsimulation methods. We estimate that households lost …

This paper produces a comprehensive assessment of income redistribution to the working-
age population, covering OECD countries over the last two decades. Redistribution is …

We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution
policies have slowed or accelerated the trend towards greater income disparities in the past …

Southern European welfare states are under stress. On the one hand, the recession has
been causing unemployment to rise and incomes to fall. On the other hand, austerity has …

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 …

This chapter reviews the use of microsimulation in understanding income inequality. The
primary added value of microsimulation models is the capacity to simulate counterfactual …

By combining household survey data before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with
detailed tax-benefit simulations, this paper quantifies the distributional effects of COVID-19 …

Income inequality in Germany has been continually increasing during the past 20 years.
One cause of this development, among others, could be structural shifts in household …