The aim of this report is to assess the added value of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme (EUBS) under hypothetical macro-economic shocks. Four hypothetical macro-scenarios are simulated: (A) a global trade shock, representing a symmetric temporary shock; (B) an EU confidence shock,...

This country report provides an overview of the Austrian EUROMOD country and basic information on the Austrian tax-benefit system in 2020-2023. It describes the most important policies and policy changes. The report explains, how these policies are reflected in the model and where modelling...

Since January 2021, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) is fully responsible for the maintenance and development of the EUROMOD model and software. This task is carried out jointly with Eurostat (ESTAT) for what concerns the preparation of the EUROMOD input datasets, and in close collaboration with...

Quantitative models which simulate the probable effect of changes in taxes and welfare benefits can provide policy-makers with a useful evidence base, and can enable stakeholders such as NGOs to play a more active role in policy formation. Austria has broken new ground by creating an easy-to-use...

This Working Paper explains how estimates of current (2012) income, risk-of-poverty and inequality ("nowcasts") can be made using 2008 Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data (EU SILC) and the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD. The method is illustrated for eight...

International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...

The paper focuses on the support given through tax and benefit systems to families with children and addresses how the size and impact on the income distribution of this kind of support can be accurately measured. While such support is usually measured in rather narrow terms by adding up the...