"JRC EUROMOD Newsletter" Newsletter Issues

EUROMOD training Spring 2023: 19-21 April, Seville (01/02/2023)

We are glad to inform that the application period for the EUROMOD Spring training which will take place in Seville is now open! Click on "more" below to apply and for detailed information.

New EUROMOD public release! (30/01/2023)

We are glad to inform that a new public version of EUROMOD (I5.0+) has just been released! Click on "more" below for detailed information and access to the new model and software.

Stay tuned for the forthcoming EUROMOD public release! (16/01/2023)

A new public version of EUROMOD will be released on 30 January 2023. It will include 2022 policies for all countries and various improvements in the model's core and extended functionalities. The release will also be accompanied by a new software version. Watch this space for more information!

Linkability of EUROMOD with other software (16/01/2023)

EUROMOD is becoming increasingly relevant as a research/analysis tool. In order to further facilitate its use in your projects and possibly to expand its reach to other research fields, we are currently looking into ways of improving its integration with other software, such as Stata, R, Matlab or Python.

Call for Papers: EUROMOD for teaching (16/01/2023)

Do you use or are you interested in using EUROMOD for your teaching activities? Interested to participate in a forthcoming conference dealing with this topic? Click on "more" below for detailed information about this initiative from e-pública!

Antonio F. Amores (16/01/2023)

Antonio F. leads the development and update of EUROMOD Indirect Tax Tool. He also contributes to the assessment of the impact of indirect and green tax-benefit reforms and inflation analysis in EU Member States.

He has also wide experience in projects related with supply-use and input-output tables and on Productivity. Antonio previously worked for the Andalusian Regional Statistical Office and the Spanish Trade and Economic Office (Embassy of Spain in Chile). He is also Associate Professor in Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain) with more than ten years’ of active experience in Quantitative Methods for Economics, on permanent special leave to serve at the European Commission since 2012. He was a visiting researcher at Tilburg University (the Netherlands).

Paola De Agostini (16/01/2023)

Paola has recently joined the EUROMOD team. She works on the development and maintenance of EUROMOD and its Indirect Tax Tool extension. She also contributes to the assessment of the impact of tax and benefit policy reforms in EU Member States.

Paola is an experienced social science researcher specialising in applied micro-econometric analysis of social policies. Before joining the JRC in 2022, she worked as senior economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) in the UK where she led JRF’s economic modelling and econometric analysis. Her work focused on developing JRF’s modelling capabilities to better understand the causes of poverty in the UK and develop effective policy solutions to reduce it. She has also worked at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex as a Senior Research Officer and EUROMOD developer.

She holds an MSc in Applied Economics and Data Analysis (2001) and a PhD in Applied Social and Economic Research (2008) from the University of Essex (UK).

Her research interests lie in the fields of policy evaluation using microsimulation methods, redistributive effects of tax-benefit policies and poverty. Other research areas that she is interested in are consumer spending choices, health consequences of policy choices, environmental and economic planning, health care financial systems, forecasting and spatial micro-simulation models.

Who’s who – the Croatian National Team (16/01/2023)

The Croatian EUROMOD national team is comprised of Slavko Bezeredi and Ivica Urban. Let's find out more about them!

Recent publications using EUROMOD (16/01/2023)

A list of recent publications using EUROMOD, including direct links.

Survey to gather ideas to build the new EUROMOD user interface (07/11/2022)

The user interface is the graphical view through which you interact with EUROMOD, is what you see when you open EUROMOD. We are considering the possibility to build a new EUROMOD user interface, in order to make it more efficient, flexible and user friendly.

Please click here to access the survey. It will remain open until 31 December 2022.

Your ideas and suggestions would be most welcome!

A look back at the EUROMOD Annual Meeting and Research Workshop 2022 (24/10/2022)

The EUROMOD Annual Meeting and Research Workshop took place from 28 to 30 September 2022 in Prague, co-organised by the Czech EUROMOD National Team based at the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) and the EUROMOD team at JRC. The events gathered more than 100 participants, including JRC staff, representatives from partner DGs, members of the 27 EUROMOD National Teams and several invited experts.

Key role of EUROMOD in the Commission’s initiative for better assessment of the distributional impact of Member States’ policy reforms (04/11/2022)

The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan put forward a number of initiatives aiming at reducing socio-economic inequalities and poverty. One of them was for the Commission to adopt in 2022 guidance to Member States on making greater use of distributional impact assessments (DIAs).

EUROMOD-based analysis supports the Commission Proposal for a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income schemes (04/11/2022)

On the 28th of September, the European Commission proposed a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income schemes. This proposal aims at combating social exclusion by ensuring adequate social safety nets, and in particular minimum income schemes, allowing persons lacking sufficient resources to live in dignity, as laid down by principle 14 of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Among the specific objectives of the initiative, improving the adequacy of income support and the coverage and take-up of minimum income schemes take a central role.

Hannes Serruys (25/10/2022)

Hannes has recently joined the EUROMOD team. He works on the development and maintenance of EUROMOD, and contributes to the assessment of tax-benefit policies. Before joining the JRC, Hannes worked as a functional analyst for a health insurance fund.

He is currently a PhD candidate at KU Leuven and holds a M.Sc. in European Studies and a M.Sc. in Economics and has a passion for programming.

His main research interests are in the fields of public and welfare economics and more specifically in the areas of microsimulation modelling, non-parametric welfare analysis, (optimal) income-tax reform analysis, and incorporation of fairness considerations in welfare measures.

Who’s who – the Austrian National Team (20/10/2022)

The Austrian EUROMOD national team is composed of Michael Fuchs, Leonard Geyer and Felix Wohlgemuth. Let's find out more about them!

Recent publications using EUROMOD (21/10/2022)

A list of recent publications using EUROMOD, including direct links.

New training material available online! (07/11/2022)

JRC recently gave an online technical session on the creation of EUROMOD input data based on alternative data sources, such as personal income tax returns, population registers and social insurance records.

We also delivered the 3-day general EUROMOD training course, which included sessions on microsimulation models and their applications, input data, model and software, along with hands-on exercises on the main EUROMOD functions and tools.

The material and slides of the technical session and the training course can be found here.

New EUROMOD beta release! (02/08/2022)

A new beta version of EUROMOD (I4.109+) has just been released! Click on "more" below for detailed information and access to model and software.

EUROMOD Research Workshop 2022: join us online! (03/08/2022)

The EUROMOD Research Workshop will take place in Prague on 28-29 September 2022.

For the first time, the Workshop will have an online participation option for those who are unable to attend in person.

No need to register, just join us online! Click on "more" below for more information

EUROMOD training Autumn 2022 (18-20 October) (03/08/2022)

We are glad to inform that the registration for the EUROMOD Autumn training which will take place online is already open! Click on "more" below to apply and for detailed information.

EUROMOD online session on ‘Creation of EUROMOD input data based on alternative data sources’ (02/08/2022)

JRC will give a one-hour online session on the ‘Creation of EUROMOD input data based on alternative data sources’ on Thursday 27 October, 10:00-11:00 CEST.

This session will introduce users to the ways and methods that can be used to create EUROMOD input datasets based on alternative data sources, such as personal income tax returns, population registers, social insurance records and social transfers records. Those datasets typically contain information that is not available in EU-SILC, and can thus be useful complements to the standard SILC-based EUROMOD input datasets.

No need to register, just connect using this link.

Who’s who – the Czech National Team (02/08/2022)

The national team from Czechia working on EUROMOD is composed of Klára Kalíšková, Daniel Münich and Jan Pavel. Let's get to meet them!

Who’s who – the Lithuanian National Team (02/08/2022)

The EUROMOD national team from Lithuania is composed of Aušra Čižauskaitė and Jekaterina Navickė. Let's find out more about them!

Recent publications using EUROMOD (18/08/2022)

A list of recent publications using EUROMOD, including direct links.

Technical session on EUROMOD Advanced Functions: material now available online (02/08/2022)

JRC recently gave an online session on EUROMOD Advanced Functions for users who already have basic EUROMOD skills. The session covered an array of advanced functionalities such as looping, input data manipulation, aggregate functions, advanced formulas, and debugging tools.

The slides of the technical session can be found here.

Social Policy Association awards (02/08/2022)

Click on "more" to find out this year’s winner of the ‘Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship – Journal of Social Policy’!

EUROMOD-based analysis supports Eurostat’s ‘Flash estimates of income inequalities and poverty indicators for 2021’ (02/08/2022)

Flash estimates of income inequalities and poverty indicators for 2021 were recently published. Prepared by staff of Eurostat, the report aims at providing up-to-date statistics on income poverty and inequality. These indicators are an essential tool for monitoring progress on the EU’s targets to address poverty and social exclusion and for key economic policy processes like the European Semester.

EUROMOD was used to simulate labour market transitions to unemployment and to short-term work schemes adopted in response to the pandemic, as well as the 2021 tax-benefit policies.

Join the EUROMOD team! (11/08/2022)

The JRC has recently published two new positions for Economic Analysts in the area of Microsimulation Modelling. Tasks include the update and development of EUROMOD and its extended functionalities, along with other activities such as providing support for the analysis of policy reforms in the EU and assisting Member States in the area of tax-benefit modelling.

Deadline for applications: 04/09/2022

Click on More below for additional information and to apply!

CALL FOR TENDERS: TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND UPDATE OF EUROMOD - 7 LOTS (21/07/2022)

The JRC has launched a call for tenders using an open procedure, for the provision of Technical Support for the Development and Update of EUROMOD - Seven Lots. If you are interested to participate in the call for tenders, please find the contract notice and all relevant documents on TED clicking on "More" below.

Survey on EUROMOD - reminder (27/06/2022)

Are you a EUROMOD user? We would like to hear from you!

We run this short survey in order to assess various technical and substantial matters related to the uses of EUROMOD. You can access it here.

Your input will help us to improve the user-friendliness and policy-relevance of our joint model.

Estefanía Vázquez Torres (16/06/2022)

Estefanía recently left the EUROMOD team after almost 8 years working at the JRC.

During her last period at the JRC, Estefanía was the main EUROMOD software developer, greatly contributing to the maintenance, updates and improvements of the software. Prior to that, she assisted the tax modelling researchers of the JRC Fiscal Policy Analysis team in the use and preparation of fiscal data in support of tax policy recommendations. She also collaborated in the development and further improvement of the EUROMOD-JRC Interface, the simplified online version of EUROMOD. Before that, she worked as an IT expert at JRC-Seville where she participated in the analysis and development of several web tools and also provided technical support to the Scientific Units.

It was a privilege to have her in the team and we wish her the very best in her next endeavours!

Chrysa Leventi (16/06/2022)

Chrysa has recently joined the EUROMOD team. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), a MSc in Economic and Social Policy Analysis from the University of York and a BA in International and European Economic Studies from AUEB.

Before joining the JRC, Chrysa worked as a scientific advisor at the Council of Economic Advisors of the Greek Ministry of Finance, and as an adjunct lecturer at AUEB. She has also worked at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex as a Research Fellow and EUROMOD developer.

Her research interests lie in the fields of microsimulation modelling for policy analysis, income inequality and poverty, the economics of the welfare state and tax evasion.

Silvia Navarro Berdeal (17/06/2022)

Silvia has recently joined the EUROMOD team. She works on the development of the model and conducts research and policy analysis on tax-benefit policy reforms of EU Member States. Before joining the JRC she was engaged in a UNU-WIDER project on modelling agricultural subsidies using the tax-benefit microsimulation model of Zambia.

She holds a MSc degree in Economic Development and Growth from the University Carlos III of Madrid and worked on relevant related research topics in the Lund University of Sweden.

Her main research interests are labour economics, agricultural production, policy evaluation, gender studies and econometrics.

Who’s who – the Spain National Team (18/05/2022)

The National Team from Spain working on EUROMOD is composed of Noemí Villazán and María Navas. Click on "more" to learn more about them!

Who’s who – the Luxembourg National Team (28/03/2022)

The national team from Luxembourg working on EUROMOD is composed of Nizamul Islam, Anne-Sophie Genevois, and Anasse El Maslohi. Let's find out about them!

Recent publications using EUROMOD (05/07/2022)

A list of recent publications using EUROMOD, including direct links.

EUROMOD online session on Advanced Functions (20th July 10.00 - 11.00 CEST) (13/06/2022)

JRC will give a one-hour online session on EUROMOD Advanced Functions for users who already have basic EUROMOD skills on 20th July 10:00-11:00 CEST.

This session will cover an array of functions that are not covered by the JRC's regular training course, and will introduce users to the full flexibility of EUROMOD. It will include functionalities such as looping, input data manipulation, aggregate functions, advanced formulas, and debugging tools.

No need to register, just connect using this link.

EUROMOD training Autumn 2022 (18-20 October) (25/05/2022)

The EUROMOD training Autumn 2022 will take place on 18-20 October 2022. All the information will be posted very soon in the training area of the EUROMOD website.

Registration open for the Annual Research Conference: How to turn green in the European way? keeping cutting the edge while remaining fair and social (18/05/2022)

As already announced, JRC is co-organizing the Annual Research Conference together with ECFIN hybrid (in Seville and in remote) next 20-21 September How to turn green in the European way? keeping cutting the edge while remaining fair and social.

Find all the information or register here.

New EUROMOD beta release (I4.62+) (12/05/2022)

A new beta version of EUROMOD has just been released! Links to the new model and data can be found in the Access EUROMOD area on the EUROMOD website.

EUROMOD-JRC Interface (25/04/2022)

Originally developed by the JRC to be used by experts inside the European Commission network, since April 2021 the interface is open to any researcher or policy analyst. Please, continue reading if you would like to discover more about this tool!

Annual Research Conference: How to turn green in the European way? keeping cutting the edge while remaining fair and social (16/05/2022)

We are excited to inform you that JRC is co-organizing the Annual Research Conference together with ECFIN hybrid (in Seville and in remote) next 20-21 September How to turn green in the European way? keeping cutting the edge while remaining fair and social.

The conference will feature several presentations dealing with the distributional impact of Green policies, including taxation.

Michael Christl and Vanda Almeida (17/05/2022)

Michael Christl and Vanda Almeida recently left the EUROMOD team.

Michael's work focused on the area of microsimulation, where he worked on model maintenance and development in the area of taxation policy using the EUROMOD microsimulation model. He was also the EUROMOD developer for Austria, Hungary and Netherlands. He was also part of the team in charge of generating the EUROMOD public release and of the team that coordinates the B2 Seminars.

Vanda worked on the assessment of the impact of fiscal reforms affecting tax revenues and benefit expenses, inequality, and disposable income in the European Union member states. Furthermore, she contributed to the improvement of the link between the European Commission's microsimulation and DSGE models, EUROMOD and QUEST respectively. She was also the EUROMOD developer for France, Portugal and, in previous years, for Germany.

The EUROMOD team wishes them the best in their next projects!

Kostas Manios (10/05/2022)

Kostas has recently joined the EUROMOD team. He holds a degree in Computer Science and an MSc by Research from Salford University. Before joining the JRC, he was the main software developer of the EUROMOD software in ISER, University of Essex, and played a central role to the design and development of the EUROMOD software and a broad range of related plugins (such as ITT, HHoT, Statistics Presenter). He also designed and developed a tool for building custom simplified web interfaces for EUROMOD, known as EM Light.

Call for tenders for the technical support for EUROMOD for 7 countries (11/05/2022)

This year the framework contracts with seven EUROMOD National Teams will expire and we will soon launch the call for tenders to contract National Teams for the next four years for the following countries: Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden. You will find the prior information notice following this link.

Who’s who – the Danish National Team (21/03/2022)

The National Team from Denmark working on EUROMOD is composed of M. Azhar Hussain and Bent Greve. Let's find out about them!

Who’s who – the Maltese National Team (24/03/2022)

The National Team from Malta working on EUROMOD is composed of Stephanie Vella, Wayne Apap and Riana Said. Click on "more" to learn more about them!

Recent publications using EUROMOD (13/05/2022)

A list of recent publications using EUROMOD, including direct links.

EUROMOD Statistics and Reports (22/04/2022)

As in previous years, the EUROMOD team has produced three documents summarising the main results obtained with the latest version of the model: the Statistics on the Distribution and Decomposition of Disposable Income (Webstatistics), the EUROMOD baseline report and the PET indicators. These documents have been published in the EUROMOD website together with the Scientific Report produced by the The Scientific Advisory Board.

The London School of Economics is looking for a research assistant (16/05/2022)

The European Institute at the LSE is looking to hire a research assistant (experienced in the use of EUROMOD and statistical software) over the summer for a project on the political economy of democratic representation at the London School of Economics and University of Oxford. Click below to read the details.

EUROMOD training Spring 2022 (26-28 April) (26/04/2022)

We are glad to inform that the registration for the EUROMOD Spring training which will take place online is already open! You can find all the information by clicking on "more" below.

New EUROMOD software release version 3.4.10 (25/02/2022)

A new EUROMOD software release (version 3.4.10), which contains many improvements, has recently been published in the EUROMOD website.

New positions in the Fiscal Policy Analysis team (22/02/2022)

The Fiscal Policy Analysis team is looking for three Economic Analysts with the following profiles: EUROMOD/Microsimulation Modelling (deadline: 8th  March 2022), Corporate Taxation (deadline: 8th  March 2022) and General Equilibrium (deadline: 14th  March 2022). Come and join the Fiscal Policy Analysis team in Seville!

Alberto Tumino (22/02/2022)

Alberto recently left the JRC, after spending six years as project leader of the EUROMOD team. Alberto played a key role in the successful transfer of the model maintenance and update from the University of Essex to the European Commission. His career has been linked to EUROMOD for many years since, before joining the JRC, Alberto worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER, University of Essex, UK), where he was also part of the EUROMOD team. In addition to his activity as EUROMOD project leader, Alberto has carried numerous research and policy support projects on issues related to tax and social benefits. It was a privilege to have him in the team and we wish him the very best in his next adventures!

Recent publications using EUROMOD (22/02/2022)

A list of recent publications using EUROMOD, with direct links to all of them.

EUROMOD Statistics and Reports (24/02/2022)

As in previous years, the EUROMOD team has produced three documents summarising the main results obtained with the latest version of the model: the Statistics on the Distribution and Decomposition of Disposable Income (Webstatistics), the EUROMOD baseline report and the PET indicators. All these documents will be published in our website very soon, we kindly invite to visit it often!

4th JRC Fiscal Policy Modelling Workshop (25/02/2022)

The JRC is organising the 4th JRC Fiscal Policy Modelling Workshop which will take place on 23-25 March 2022.

As in previous occasions, the JRC Fiscal Policy Modelling Workshop focusses on the use of economic modelling for fiscal policy analysis. It gathers leading researchers and policy makers from Europe and the US working on topics closely related to the JRC’s own research agenda in the fiscal policy area.

You can find all the information and the registration link by clicking on "more" below.