EUROMOD is the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union and UK, with more than 20 years of existence. It is based on micro-data from the Eurostat’s European Union Statistics on Income Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and the Family Resources Survey for the United Kingdom.
EUROMOD calculates tax liabilities and benefit entitlements for existing tax-benefits systems, estimating the effects on income inequality and poverty, government budgets, and work incentives. It is a widely used tool for comparative research and analysis, that allows analyzing and comparing the effects of tax and social policies, as well as policy reforms, both for the population of each country and for the European Union as a whole.
EUROMOD is updated by the European Commission Joint Research Centre and Eurostat in collaboration with the national teams of the Member States of the European Union. National teams make available their local knowledge on theirs tax benefit systems and, in many cases, provide the data to be considered about their country. National teams also play an important role contributing to the preparation of the EUROMOD country reports.
EUROMOD 2022
You can access the latest EUROMOD publication below. This refers to the National Report of Portugal concerning the period between 2018-2021, where you can find information on how the Portuguese tax benefit system is modeled on EUROMOD, as well as a system overview and recent changes. The version for the period between 2019-2022 will also be publicly available soon.
In 2022, the Institute of Public Policy also had the opportunity to participate in the international workshop Established and new research grounds in microsimulation modelling in September (in Prague), which was followed by the annual meeting of the project.
Country Report Portugal 2018-2022
Team (Current Edition)
Carlos Farinha Rodrigues
Senior Research Fellow
Amílcar Moreira
Senior Research Fellow
Joana Andrade Vicente
Research fellow
David Leite Neves
Research fellow
Currently the Portuguese national team consists of the elements presented. However, over the 20 years of EUROMOD’s existence, the Portuguese team consisted of: José Luís Albuquerque, Rita Peixinho, Rita Figueiras and Vítor Manuel Junqueira.
In the July 2018 newsletter you can also find an exclusive interview with the Portuguese national team.