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The impacts of Universal Free School Meals in England

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Investigating the impact of Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) programmes run in several local authorities in England since 2004 on children’s educational attainment, absences and bodyweight.

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Modelling Basic Income Options for France

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The objective of this project is to discuss the distributional effects of some a priori identified UBI schemes, as an illustration of the different trade-offs involved, and to foster the debate around UBI in France

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Research into Covid-19 and financial hardship in London

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The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted many Londoners’ incomes as well as outgoings. Where prior to the crisis financial hardship in London had largely been characterised by low pay and in-work poverty, unprecedented economic conditions have meant more and more people have become unemployed.

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Tax Form

Extension of the EUROMOD-ITT tool

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This new project aims to adapt and improve the indirect tax handling of EUROMOD further, by making use of the EUROSTAT HBS data for all countries of the European Union for which no considerate data issues exist.

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Quito-Ecuador

Assessing the economic and social impact of COVID-19 in Ecuador

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Investigating the distributional effects of COVID-19 in Ecuador and the role of tax–benefit policy interventions in mitigating the impact of the crisis during the first wave of the pandemic.

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COVID-19: Distributional and budgetary consequences in the UK

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The project aims at predicting the distributional effects of the first Covid-19 lockdown, and the impact of the emergency policy measures put in place to counteract its effects