Description
The Winter School on Cross Country Microsimulation is part of the policy pillar of InGRID, a large research infrastructure network aimed at integrating existing research resources in the area of ‘Poverty and living conditions’ and ‘Working conditions and vulnerability’ by providing transnational data access, organizing mutual knowledge exchange activities and improving methods and tools for comparative research.
The aim of the course is to provide academics, policy practitioners and other interested users with an introduction to the concepts, structure and functioning of EUROMOD. EUROMOD is a state-of-the-art tax-benefit microsimulation model that links microdata from household surveys and policy legislation in a single user interface. It allows for complex policy impact analysis, such as evaluations of policy reforms in terms of poverty, inequality, work incentives and government budgets, assessments of EU-wide policies or estimation the impact of changing population characteristics on the redistributive effect of existing policies. The Winter School will take place on 26-28 February 2014 at University of Essex in Colchester, United Kingdom.
Eligibility
This winter school is aimed at PhD students, early-stage researcher and practitioners without prior knowledge of EUROMOD.
Requirements for attending the winter school are:
- an interest in using microsimulation for policy analysis
- a basic knowledge of quantitative analysis
- familiarity with Stata is desirable but not essential
Costs
Attendance at the Winter School is free of charge. University of Essex will reimburse travel, accommodation and subsistence costs up to a maximum of €650. These travel costs include airfares as well as any other local/ground transport costs from and to the airport. Refreshments and lunches will be provided during the meeting.
Deadline: 1 Noember 2013
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