What is euromod?

The Euromod Connector for Python is built to facilitate and simplify the usage of the EUROMOD microsimulation model for research and analysis purposes.

EUROMOD is a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union that enables researchers and policy analysts to calculate, in a comparable manner, the effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes and work incentives for the population of each country and for the EU as a whole. It is a static microsimulation model that applies user-defined tax and benefit policy rules to harmonised microdata on individuals and households, calculates the effects of these rules on household income.

:::{seealso} Linking EUROMOD to another model? euromod-linking is a companion package that transforms EUROMOD’s input microdata and run parameters so a survey population matches projections coming from an external model, then runs matched baseline and counterfactual simulations. It is published alongside this site and builds on the connector documented here. :::

Contents

• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • 1. Load a model
  • 2. Navigate to a country and system
  • 3. Run a simulation
  • Where to go next
• User Guide
  • 1. Setup and reproducible paths
  • 2. The Model object
  • 3. Navigating the model
  • 4. The spine: policies, functions, parameters
  • 5. Systems and datasets
  • 6. Running a simulation
  • 7. Building reforms I — policy switches
  • 8. Building reforms II — overwriting constants
  • 9. Add-ons
  • 10. Extensions
  • 11. Requesting specific outputs
  • 12. Run options reference
  • 13. Working across countries
  • 14. Caveats
• Examples
  • Run a baseline simulation
  • Compare a reform against the baseline
  • Run with an add-on (name only)
  • Switch on an extension
  • Overwrite a constant
  • Request only specific output variables
  • Compare several countries
• API Reference
  • euromod
• License