Sarah Kuypers senior researcher - guest professor

Research Sarah Kuypers

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I study poverty, inequality and redistribution, mainly from the perspective of the joint distribution of income and wealth. The main focus is on the bottom part of the distribution, but I also study the effects of wealth taxation. In most of my studies I analyse differences across countries of the European Union. I also have expertise in micro simulation modelling.

Update of the EUROMOD/HFCS input dataset/systems. 04/08/2022 - 30/11/2022

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The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) data can be used as an input data set for the European microsimulation model EUROMOD. In this project we update the HFCS data of Luxembourg as input data set for EUROMOD. Also relevant policy systems will be updated and developed.

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The drivers of wealth concentration and its policy implication. 02/09/2019 - 01/10/2019

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The project aim is to contribute to the OECD report "The drivers of wealth concentration and it policy implication", in particular its sections on the joint distribution of wealth and income, and the policy chapter. This report is part of the joint OECD-EC project "Dimensions of Inequality".

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Analysing investment tax expenditures. 30/01/2019 - 15/03/2019

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The aim of this project is to further broaden the policy scope of EUROMOD in order to allow for the analysis of investment-related tax expenditures for 11 European countries. The OECD (2010) defines tax expenditures as provisions in t he tax system that reduce tax liabilities for specific groups of tax payers or specific activities and that reduce government revenue. Tax expenditures can take different farms, e.g. allowances, exemptions, deductions, rate reliefs and credits . These tax expenditures have increased over the past decades and raise concerns in terms of their potential ill effects on budget tax policy (OECD, 2010). Tax expenditures are used for several policy domains; the focus here is on those related to investment activities.

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