Professor Holly Sutherland Emeritus Professor, University of Essex

Email

hollys@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 873534

Office

2N2.5B.11

Research Interests

Until October 2018 Holly was Director of EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016. She has more than 30 years of experience of designing, building and using such models – the UK model she helped to develop in the mid-1980s was one of the very first anywhere – and has coordinated more than 10 international EUROMOD-related projects as well as participating in many more. She has co-authored/edited 5 books on microsimulation modelling and published widely in economics and social policy journals.

Her longstanding research interests include the gender effects of redistribution policy and child poverty measurement and analysis. Her current interests also include extending microsimulation capacity to developing countries and to groups without access to such models.

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Publications

Displaying publications 61 - 75 of 232 in total

1. The distributional effects of fiscal consolidation in nine EU countries

   Silvia Avram, Francesco Figari, Chrysa Leventi, et al.

   Conference Paper, Conferenza ESPAnet Italia: Risposte alla crisi, V - 2012
   1. Poverty
   2. Microsimulation

2. Accounting for the distributional effects of noncash public benefits

   Holly Sutherland and Panos Tsakloglou

   Book Chapter, Counting the Poor: New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the United States, 5 - 2012
   1. Households
   2. Income Dynamics
   3. Microsimulation

3. Taxing home ownership: distributional effects of including net imputed rent in taxable income

   Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, et al.

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM4/12 - 01 Apr 2012 - download  
   1. Microsimulation
   2. Taxation
   3. Housing Market

4. Welfare compensation for unemployment in the Great Recession

   Mariña Fernandez Salgado, Francesco Figari, Holly Sutherland, et al.

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM3/12 - 03 Mar 2012 - download  
   1. Unemployment
   2. Welfare Benefits
   3. Microsimulation
   4. Taxation

5. Approximations to the truth: comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators

   Francesco Figari, Maria Iacovou, Alexandra J. Skew, et al.

   Journal Article, Social Indicators Research - 04 Feb 2012
   1. Income Dynamics
   2. Microsimulation
   3. Taxation

6. Baseline results from EUROMOD: 2006-2009 policies

   Silvia Avram and Holly Sutherland

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM1/12 - 01 Feb 2012 - download  
   1. Poverty
   2. Microsimulation
   3. Taxation

7. The financial well-being of older people in Europe and the redistributive effects of minimum pension schemes

   Francesco Figari, Manos Matsaganis, and Holly Sutherland

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM7/11 - 23 Dec 2011 - download  
   1. Older People
   2. Poverty
   3. Microsimulation

8. The distributional effects of austerity measures: a comparison of six EU countries

   Tim Callan, Chrysa Leventi, Horacio Levy, et al.

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM6/11 - 22 Dec 2011 - download  
   1. Economics
   2. Microsimulation

9. Who is bearing the cost of austerity? A distributional analysis of 6 EU countries

   Manos Matsaganis and Holly Sutherland

   Report, EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review - Dec 2011

10. Income protection and poverty risk for the unemployed in Europe

    Silvia Avram, Holly Sutherland, Iva Valentinova Tasseva, et al.

    Research Paper, Social Situation Observatory Research Notes, 1/2011 - Nov 2011
    1. Unemployment
    2. Poverty
    3. Microsimulation

11. The distributional effects of austerity measures: a comparison of six EU countries

    Tim Callan, Chrysa Leventi, Horacio Levy, et al.

    Research Paper, Social Situation Observatory Research Notes, 2/2011 - Nov 2011
    1. Microsimulation
    2. International Economic Relations

12. Are European social safety nets tight enough? Coverage and adequacy of minimum income schemes in 14 EU countries

    Francesco Figari, Manos Matsaganis, and Holly Sutherland

    Research Paper, GINI Discussion Paper Series, 2 - Jun 2011
    1. Poverty
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Microsimulation

13. Measuring the size and impact of public cash support for children in cross-national perspective

    Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, and Holly Sutherland

    Journal Article, Social Science Computer Review - 2011
    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation

14. Inequalities within couples: market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe

    Francesco Figari, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, et al.

    Journal Article, Eastern Economic Journal - 2011
    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

15. Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems

    Francesco Figari, Andrea Salvatori, and Holly Sutherland

    Book Chapter, Who loses in the downturn? Economic crisis, employment and income distribution - 2011
    1. Unemployment
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

Media

Displaying media publications 46 - 49 of 49 in total

1. Two in five children in poverty

   Media - 28 Feb 2007

2. Two in five children in poverty

   Media - 28 Feb 2007

3. Failure to reduce child poverty makes targets harder to achieve

   Media - 10 Mar 2006

4. Failure to reduce child poverty makes targets harder to achieve

   Media - 10 Mar 2006