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 34 in total

1. ‘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

2. 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  

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Top income adjustments and tax reforms in Ecuador

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Nicolás Oliva

   Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2018/165 - Dec 2018
   1. Labour Market
   2. Welfare Benefits
   3. Income Dynamics
   4. Microsimulation
   5. Taxation
   6. Surveys

9. Unemployment insurance and income protection in Ecuador

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo

   Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2018/151 - Dec 2018
   1. Insurance
   2. Labour Market
   3. Households
   4. Unemployment
   5. Welfare Benefits
   6. Income Dynamics
   7. Microsimulation
   8. Taxation

10. Fuel subsidies and income redistribution in Ecuador

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Po Chun Lee, Lourdes Montesdeoca, et al.

    Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 2018/144 - Nov 2018
    1. Households
    2. Economics
    3. Poverty
    4. Public Policy
    5. Welfare Benefits
    6. Income Dynamics
    7. Microsimulation
    8. Taxation

11. Income protection of atypical workers in the event of unemployment in Europe

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Alberto Tumino

    EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM18/18 - 29 Oct 2018 - download  
    1. Insurance
    2. Labour Market
    3. Unemployment
    4. Welfare Benefits
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

12. Income protection of atypical workers in the event of unemployment in Europe

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Alberto Tumino

    Research Paper, JRC Working Papers on Taxation and Structural Reforms, 05/2018 - Oct 2018
    1. Insurance
    2. Labour Market
    3. Unemployment
    4. Welfare Benefits
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

13. Improving income protection for the elderly poor in Ecuador

    Cesar A. Amores L. and Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo

    EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM2/18 - 22 Jan 2018 - download  

14. Learning from your neighbor: tax-benefit systems swaps in Latin America

    Olivier Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, and David Rodriguez

    Journal Article, Journal of Economic Inequality - Dec 2017
    1. Economics
    2. Poverty
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Income Dynamics
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Taxation

15. Putting measures of individual well-being to use for ex-ante policy evaluation

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Erik Schokkaert

    Journal Article, Journal of Economic Inequality - Dec 2017
    1. Economics
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Well Being
    4. Microsimulation

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