Dr Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo Research Fellow, University of Essex

Email

hxjara@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 873790

Office

2N2.5B.12

Research Interests

• Distributional analysis
• Work incentives and labour supply
• Inequality and well-being measurement
• Tax-benefit policies in high, middle and low-income countries

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Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 43 in total

1. Income distribution and the potential of redistributive systems in Africa: a decomposition approach

   Olivier Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Prudence Kwenda, et al.

   Journal Article, Journal of African Economies - 02 Dec 2021
   1. Economics
   2. Welfare Benefits
   3. Microsimulation
   4. Taxation

2. Developing an integrated microsimulation model for the impact of fiscal policies on child health in Europe: the example of childhood obesity in Italy

   Davide Rasella, Lorenzo Richiardi, Nicolai Brachowicz, et al.

   Journal Article, BMC Medicine - 30 Nov 2021
   1. Young People
   2. Child Development
   3. Welfare Benefits
   4. Health
   5. Microsimulation
   6. Economic Policy

3. The role of automatic stabilizers and emergency tax-benefit policies during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Ecuador

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

   Journal Article, The European Journal of Development Research - 05 Nov 2021
   1. Poverty
   2. Welfare Benefits
   3. Income Dynamics
   4. Microsimulation
   5. Taxation
   6. Covid 19

4. Second earners and in-work poverty in Europe

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Daria Popova

   Journal Article, Journal of Social Policy - Jul 2021
   1. Labour Market
   2. Poverty
   3. Welfare Benefits
   4. Wages And Earnings
   5. Microsimulation
   6. Taxation

5. Atypical work and unemployment protection in Europe

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Alberto Tumino

   Journal Article, Journal of Common Market Studies - May 2021
   1. Insurance
   2. Labour Market
   3. Unemployment
   4. Poverty
   5. Welfare Benefits
   6. Household Economics
   7. Microsimulation
   8. Taxation

6. 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

7. 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 - download  

8. 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 - download  

9. 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

10. ‘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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

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