H. Xavier Jara Tamayo
H. Xavier Jara holds a PhD in Economics and a Master of Advanced Studies in Economics from the University of Leuven, and a Master in Economics from the University of Louvain. He works as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex and is a member of the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis. He works in the fields of public and development economics and specializes in the study of poverty and inequality, the redistributive effect of tax-benefit policies, labour supply and well-being measurement.

