losses, and is widely perceived to have a comparably significant effect in terms of greater inequality and increased poverty … tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD in order to quantify the impact of the austerity (i.e. fiscal consolidation …The severe economic crisis affecting Greece since 2009 is having an unprecedented impact in terms of job and income …

inequality and increased poverty. We provide an early assessment of whether (and to what extent) this is the case. More …The severe economic crisis affecting Greece is widely expected to have a significant social impact in terms of greater … specifically, we distinguish between two inter-related factors: on the one hand, the austerity measures taken to reduce fiscal …

the effects of policy changes presented as austerity measures in Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal and the UK …We compare the distributional effects of austerity measures that have been introduced in 6 EU countries in the period …, using the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD and the Irish national model, SWITCH. The six countries have chosen different …

the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD. The countries, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia … the policy changes for measures of risk of poverty and examines the incidence of the changes by age. …

method of estimating ('nowcasting') very low work intensity and poverty risk using the tax-benefit microsimulation model …Very low work intensity and at-risk-of-poverty are two of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the … Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Their timeliness is critical for tracing the effectiveness of …

The at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty …-SILC), estimates of the number of people at risk of poverty are published with a 2 to 3 year delay. This paper presents a method of … estimating ('nowcasting') the current distribution of income between households, including the at-risk-of-poverty rate, using a …

, using the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD. The nine countries, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal … countries. In Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Romania and the UK the better off lose a higher proportion of their incomes than the …

there is little effect of EMU-UI on poverty risk and stabilisation, while Greece, Italy and Latvia benefit the most, in … across selected countries from the Monetary Union (Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Austria, Portugal … disposable income. We find that the EMU-UI reduces the risk of poverty for the new unemployed and has a positive effect on income …

previous work on estimating ('nowcasting') indicators of poverty risk using the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD. The …The at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty …, estimates of the number of people at risk of poverty are published with a significant delay. This paper extends and updates …

shocks and make use of the microsimulation model EUROMOD to explore the implications for income protection of the … results show that the EMU-UI has the potential to reduce the risk of poverty for those affected by the negative employment …