EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. We begin by presenting indicators for income inequality and at …-risk-of-poverty. We then provide a comparative decomposition of the redistributive effect of the tax-benefit systems across the EU. We … study how different Member States achieve various degrees of redistribution through different combinations of progressivity …

insights into the distributive role of tax-benefit systems across Europe. Interestingly, a strong overall redistribution … working-age households with low income. Using EUROMODbased microdata from 28 countries, we (a) quantify the redistribution to … distribution and (c) analyse how taxes and benefits affect the working-age population with low income. Our results provide novel …

-round effects, i.e. the dynamic scoring of tax reforms. We combine a microsimulation model for selected European countries with VAR …In this paper, we propose a novel approach for the ex-ante assessment of tax reforms accounting for second … estimates of macro responses and, exploiting a unique database of tax reforms in the EU, compare our estimates with the real …

austerity measures, tax shifts as well as taxing transport and housing-related energy consumption. The redistributive impact of … effect of changes in VAT and excises over this period, along with other developments in the broader tax-benefit system … including tax shift reforms. Our results indicate that the consumption tax systems in the EU have become more unequalizing in …

European Union (EU), making use of the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD and nowcasting techniques. We show evidence of … hit the hardest. Tax-benefit systems cushioned significantly the transmission of the shock to the disposable income and …