Using EUROMOD to nowcast poverty risk in the European Union

Publication type

Research Paper

Series

Eurostat Methodologies and Working Papers

Authors

Publication date

June 1, 2013

Summary:

This paper explains how estimates of current (2012) income, risk-of-poverty and inequality (“nowcasts”) can be made using 2008 EU-SILC data and the European Union (EU) tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD. The method is illustrated for eight EU countries, among those experiencing the most volatile economic conditions in the period of the projection (2007-2012): Estonia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Romania. The method is evaluated by comparing results for 2008 to 2010 with statistics available from the EU-SILC corresponding to the same income reference periods. Nowcasts for 2011 and 2012 are also provided.

ISSN

19770375

Subjects

Link

http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/using-euromod-to-nowcast-poverty-risk-in-the-european-union-pbKSRA13010/

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