Dr Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo Research Fellow, University of Essex

Email

hxjara@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 873790

Office

2N2.5A.06

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 23 in total

1. 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  

2. 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  

3. 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

4. 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

5. Low incentives to work at the extensive and intensive margin in selected EU countries

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Katrin Gasior, and Mattia Makovec

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM3/17 - 31 Mar 2017 - download  
   1. Labour Market
   2. Economics
   3. Taxation

6. Low incentives to work at the extensive and intensive margin in selected EU countries

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Katrin Gasior, and Mattia Makovec

   Research Paper, Social Situation Monitor Research Notes, 4/2016 - Feb 2017
   1. Labour Market
   2. Economics
   3. Taxation

7. Putting subjective well-being to use for ex-ante policy evaluation

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Erik Schokkaert

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM9/16 - 19 Dec 2016 - download  
   1. Economics
   2. Income Dynamics
   3. Well Being
   4. Microsimulation

8. The role of an EMU unemployment insurance scheme on income protection in case of unemployment

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Holly Sutherland, and Alberto Tumino

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM11/16 - 19 Dec 2016 - download  

9. The redistributive and stabilising effects of an EMU unemployment benefit scheme under different hypothetical unemployment scenarios

   Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Alberto Tumino, and Holly Sutherland

   EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM18/15 - 24 Dec 2015 - download  

10. Tax-benefit microsimulation in Ecuador

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo

    Research Paper, WIDER Working Papers, 128 - Dec 2015
    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

11. Back to Bentham: should we? Large-scale comparison of decision versus experienced utility for income-leisure preferences

    Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, and Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo

    ISER Working Paper Series, 2015-02 - 09 Feb 2015 - download  
    1. Labour Economics
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Well Being

12. Baseline results from the EU27 EUROMOD (2009-2013)

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Chrysa Leventi

    EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM18/14 - 17 Oct 2014 - download  
    1. Poverty
    2. Welfare Benefits
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation

13. Designing a European unemployment insurance scheme

    László Andor, Sebastian Dullien, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, et al.

    Journal Article, Intereconomics - Jul 2014
    1. Insurance
    2. Unemployment
    3. Economics
    4. Welfare Benefits
    5. Finance

14. The implications of an EMU unemployment insurance scheme for supporting incomes

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Holly Sutherland

    EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM5/14 - 08 Apr 2014 - download  
    1. Insurance
    2. Unemployment
    3. Poverty
    4. Microsimulation
    5. International Economic Relations

15. A note on EU27 child poverty rates: research note prepared for Child Poverty Action Group

    Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo and Chrysa Leventi

    Research Paper, - Mar 2014
    1. Young People
    2. Poverty
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Microsimulation
    5. 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