Microsimulation Models as a social policy evaluation tool
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About the Event
Russia has set a national goal to halve poverty by 2030. Recent economic decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic creates additional poverty risks and significantly complicates the task of achieving that goal. We have developed a microsimulation model for ex-ante evaluation of the strategy to achieve the poverty target. Such methods are highly sensitive to underlying assumptions. At the webinar we will discuss advantages and limitations of microsimulation modelling as a tool for social policy evaluation in the long term.
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Daria Tsyplakova, Cand. Sc. (Economics) | Head of Research and Methodology Department | In 2005 graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In 2014 received the Masters of Art in Economics degree at the New Economic School. Works at the ACRF since 2016. Appointed head of Research and Methodology Department of the ACRF in 2019. |
| Alexander Goryunov, Cand. Sc. (Economics) | Researcher | Graduated in 1999 from Khabarovsk State Polytechnic Institute, received a candidate of economic sciences degree in International Economics from the Economic Research Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2002. Working at the ACRF since 2020. |
| Anastasiia Kim | Researcher | In 2015 graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University. In 2018 received the Master degree in Energy Economics at the New Economic School. Works at the ACRF since 2020. |
| Dr Daria Popova | Research Fellow | A researcher working on comparative analysis of social and economic policies and distributional issues. Research interests involve fiscal incidence analysis, social and economic inequality, gender inequality, family dynamics. |