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A role for universal pension? Simulating universal pensions in Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania, and South AfricaWe use four novel, cross-country comparable tax-benefit microsimulation models for Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Africa to evaluate ex ante the expansion of a universal old-age pension in a static setting...
Old-age benefit Poverty SOUTHMODAbout
Accessing SOUTHMOD modelsThe following SOUTHMOD models are freely accessible for non-commercial research use: ECUAMOD (Ecuador), GHAMOD (Ghana), MicroZAMOD (Zambia), MOZMOD (Mozambique), and TAZMOD (Tanzania). Models for Namibia (NAMOD) and South Africa (SAMOD) are...
SOUTHMODAbout
VNMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Viet NamVNMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, has been developed in cooperation with the Central Institute for Economic Management ( CIEM ) and KU Leuven . The newest version of VNMOD is based on the Viet Nam Household Living Standard...
SOUTHMOD VNMODAbout
TAZMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in TanzaniaTAZMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania, has been developed in cooperation with the Department of Economics of the University of Dar es Salaam and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights ( SASPRI ). The newest available...
SOUTHMOD TAZMODAbout
MOZMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in MozambiqueMOZMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique, has been developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights ( SASPRI ). The newest available version of...
SOUTHMOD MOZMODAbout
MicroZAMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in ZambiaMicroZAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia, has been developed in cooperation with the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research ( ZIPAR ), and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights ( SASPRI ). The newest...
SOUTHMOD MicroZAMODAbout
GHAMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in GhanaGHAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana, has been developed in cooperation with the University of Ghana , the University of Tampere . The newest available version of GHAMOD is based on the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) 2013,...
SOUTHMOD GHAMODAbout
ETMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in EthiopiaETMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia, has been developed in cooperation with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute ( EDRI ), the EUROMOD team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research ( ISER ) at the University of...
SOUTHMOD ETMODAbout
ECUAMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development in EcuadorECUAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador, has been developed in cooperation with the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales ( IAEN ), and the EUROMOD team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research ( ISER ) at the University...
SOUTHMOD ECUAMODReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ethiopia: ETMOD v1.0This report documents ETMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ethiopia...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ghana: GHAMOD v1.0This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana. This work was carried out by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and the University of Tampere in collaboration with the project partners...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ecuador: ECUAMOD v1.0This report documents ECUAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Ecuador. This work was carried out by the ISER in collaboration with the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales and UNU-WIDER...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyBlog
GHAMOD launch and training: A tax-benefit microsimulation model for GhanaBetter social protection coverage and greater benefits in developing countries would certainly be welcomed by many...
Tax-benefit microsimulation GHAMOD SOUTHMODReport
SOUTHMOD country report Zambia: MicroZAMOD v1.0This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Zambia. This work was carried out by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research ( ZIPAR ) in collaboration with the project partners. in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policyReport
SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique: MOZMOD v1.0This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique. This work was carried out by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
Tax Government revenue Government spending policy