-benefit microsimulation model to provide tentative estimates of the size and distribution of income tax evasion in Greece in 2009. We estimate …The current Greek crisis and the government's fiscal consolidation effort have elevated tax evasion to one of the most … distributional implications. We compare a large panel data sample of personal income tax returns in 2006-2010 (incomes earned in 2005 …

tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD in order to quantify the impact of the austerity (i.e. fiscal consolidation …

affecting income tax, pension benefits and public sector pay. With respect to the wider recession, we model the effects of … deficits; on the other hand, the wider recession. Using the European tax-benefit model EUROMOD we attempt to quantify the … crisis is shared across income groups), we take into account tax evasion and benefit non take up. We end by discussing the …