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Tax–benefit microsimulation modelling in Zanzibar: A feasibility studyThis working paper explores the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Zanzibar using the EUROMOD microsimulation software...
Tax Benefits microsimulationProject
SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2
Theme: Current programme
SOUTHMOD Tax-benefit microsimulation tax-benefit policyPolicy Brief
Social protection, government revenue and microsimulation in developing countriesSocial protection has attracted increasing interest in developing countries in recent decades and policies have been initiated in all developing regions...
SOUTHMOD Microsimulation modelling Tax-benefit microsimulationProject workshop
Third training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
Project workshop
Third training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Research Brief
Journal Article
Editorial - SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing CountriesPart of Journal Special Issue SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
SOUTHMOD Tax-benefit microsimulation tax-benefit policyJournal Special Issue
SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing CountriesSocial protection has attracted increasing interest in developing countries in recent decades and policies have been initiated in all developing regions...
SOUTHMOD Microsimulation modelling Tax-benefit microsimulationJournal Article
A Role for Universal Pension?: Simulating Universal Pensions in Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania and South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
Old-age benefit Poverty SOUTHMODWorking Paper
Microsimulation analysis of the impact of indirect tax benefits on income distribution and poverty alleviation in Tanzania: An application of TAZMODThis paper analyses the impacts of indirect tax policy reforms on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania by applying a standard static microsimulation model TAZMOD v1.8...
Income distribution SOUTHMOD Tax-benefit microsimulationWorking Paper
Financial disincentives to formal work: Evidence from Ecuador and ColombiaThe aim of this paper is to quantify the financial cost that informal workers would incur in the event of entering formality, accounting for potential earnings gains upon entry...
formalization Informal sector InformalityWorking Paper
Learning from the ʻbestʼ: The impact of tax-benefit systems in AfricaRedistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are constantly expanding in order to finance increasing public spending...
Tax-benefit microsimulation tax-benefit policy microsimulationWorking Paper
Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation modelIn this paper we explore the income data in two surveys that underpin a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model...
Tax-benefit microsimulation Income distribution dataWorking Paper
Tax-benefit microsimulation model in developing countries: A feasibility study for an extension of SOUTHMOD in IndonesiaThis study aims to expand the use of tax-benefit microsimulation tools in Indonesia...
EUROMOD SOUTHMOD microsimulationWorking Paper
The distributional impact of tax and benefit systems in six African countriesThis paper assesses the effects of public policies on income taxes and benefits in six African countries...
Tax-benefit microsimulation Poverty Income inequalityWorking Paper
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 SOUTHMOD