Full-year adjustment for modelling COVID-19 policies in SOUTHMOD tax-benefit microsimulation models

Abstract

This note has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project SOUTHMOD -simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2, which is part of the Domestic Revenue Mobilization programme. The programme is financed through specific contributions by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).

The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Practically, this entails simulating benefits and tax rules only for the months when they actually applied, which requires scaling them relative to a year (refer to the technical note by Gasior, Barnes, Jouste et al 2021 for a detailed description).…”