Workshop: Tax-benefit microsimulation models and results

Programa: Moderator: Andrés Gómez-Lobo 9:15: Opening José De Gregorio (Dean Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Chile) 9:30-10:00: Invited speaker Claudia Sanhueza (Under-Secretary of Finance, Chile) 10:00-11:00: Keynote Speaker Richard Blundell (University College London and The Institute for Fiscal Studies) Title: Inequality and the COVID crisis 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-12:15: International speaker Matteo Richiardi (University of Essex and CeMPA) Title: Longitudinal analysis of the effects of tax-benefit policies, long-term challenges to the welfare state, and life course vulnerabilities 12:15-13:00: International speaker Ross Warwick (Institute for Fiscal Studies) Title: Using micro-simulation to study carbon taxes in Africa 13:00-14.30 Lunch break MICROSIMULATION MODELS IN LAC 14:30-15:00 Presentation 1 Speaker: Fabian Duarte, Dante Contreras or Esteban Puentes Distributive impact of PBS using CHILMOD 15:00-15:30 Presentation 2 Speaker: Xavier Jara-Tamayo (London School of Economics) Title: Estimating labour supply and informality elasticities based on cross-country micro data for Latin America 15:30-15:45 Coffee Break 15:45-16:15 Presentation 3 Speaker: David Rodríguez (University of Externado) Title: The role of tax-benefit systems in protecting household incomes in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic 16:15-16:45 Presentation 4 Speaker: Andrés Gómez-Lobo (University of Chile) Title: Microsimulation of the impact of rising incomes on direct versus indirect tax revenues 16:45 Closing words and future research agenda