Dr Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo Research Fellow, University of Essex

Email

hxjara@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 873790

Office

2N2.5B.12

Research Interests

• Tax-benefit microsimulation modelling
• Distributional effects of social policies
• Work incentives and labour supply
• Inequality and well-being measurement
• Tax-benefit policies in developing countries

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Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 42 in total

1. The Income Protection Role of an EMUWide Unemployment Insurance System: the Case of Atypical Workers

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Agathe Simon

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM6/21 - 25 May 2021

2. The role of automatic stabilizers and emergency tax-benefit policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Lourdes Montesdeoca, and Iva Valentinova Tasseva

   Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2021/4 - Jan 2021
   1. Poverty
   2. Welfare Benefits
   3. Income Dynamics
   4. Microsimulation
   5. Taxation
   6. Covid 19

3. Baseline results from the EU28 EUROMOD: 2017-2020

   Diego Collado, Nicolo Framarin, Katrin Gasior, et al.

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM1/21 - 01 Jan 2021

4. Baseline Results from the EU28 EUROMOD: 2016-2019

   Jack Kneeshaw, Paola De Agostini, Kakia Chatsiou, et al.

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM20/20 - 14 Dec 2020

5. Work incentives at the extensive and intensive margin in Europe: the role of taxes, benefits and population characteristics

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Katrin Gasior, and Mattia Makovec

   Journal Article, Social Indicators Research - Nov 2020
   1. Labour Market
   2. Unemployment
   3. Welfare Benefits
   4. Microsimulation
   5. Taxation

6. Atypical work and unemployment protection in Europe

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Alberto Tumino

   Journal Article, Journal of Common Market Studies - 18 Aug 2020
   1. Insurance
   2. Labour Market
   3. Unemployment
   4. Poverty
   5. Welfare Benefits
   6. Household Economics
   7. Microsimulation
   8. Taxation

7. Financial disincentives to formal employment and tax-benefit systems in Latin America

   María Cecilia Deza Delgado, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Nicolás Oliva, et al.

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM8/20 - 18 May 2020
   1. Labour Market
   2. Economics
   3. Public Policy
   4. Microsimulation
   5. Taxation
   6. Finance

8. Second earners and in-work poverty in Europe

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Daria Popova

   Journal Article, Journal of Social Policy - 08 May 2020
   1. Labour Market
   2. Poverty
   3. Welfare Benefits
   4. Wages And Earnings
   5. Microsimulation
   6. Taxation

9. ‘Fair’ welfare comparisons with heterogeneous tastes: subjective versus revealed preferences

   Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, and Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo

   Journal Article, Social Choice and Welfare - 02 Jan 2020
   1. Labour Economics
   2. Income Dynamics
   3. Well Being

10. Work incentives at the extensive and intensive margin in Europe: the role of taxes, benefits and population characteristics

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Katrin Gasior, and Mattia Makovec

    EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM19/19 - 17 Nov 2019 - download  
    1. Labour Market
    2. Unemployment
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Microsimulation
    5. Taxation

11. Tax-benefit microsimulation and income redistribution in Ecuador

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Marcelo Varela

    Journal Article, International Journal of Microsimulation - 2019
    1. Insurance
    2. Households
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Household Economics
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

12. Second earners and in-work poverty in the EU

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Daria Popova

    EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM10/19 - 02 May 2019 - download  
    1. Labour Market
    2. Poverty
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Wages And Earnings
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

13. Financial disincentives to formal work: evidence from Ecuador and Colombia

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and David Rodriguez

    Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2019/14 - Mar 2019
    1. Labour Market
    2. Economics
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Wages And Earnings
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

14. Learning from the ʻbestʼ: the impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa

    Olivier Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, David Rodriguez, et al.

    Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2019/2 - Jan 2019
    1. Economics
    2. Welfare Benefits
    3. Income Dynamics
    4. Microsimulation
    5. Taxation
    6. Economic Policy

15. Income redistribution in Latin America: a microsimulation approach

    Cristina Arancibia, Mariana Dondo, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, et al.

    Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2019/1 - Jan 2019
    1. Regional Economics
    2. Poverty
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Income Dynamics
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

Media

Displaying all 5 media publications

1. Budget expected to set cap for overall benefit spend - decent benefits vital for child poverty

   Media - 19 Mar 2014

2. ISER research for CPAG on child poverty rates across the EU27

   Media - 18 Mar 2014

3. The impact of the AME cap on child poverty

   Media - 18 Mar 2014

4. New analysis highlights child poverty risks of Chancellor’s new spending cap

   Media - 18 Mar 2014

5. Chancellor's cap will cause child poverty

   Media - 18 Mar 2014