Dr. Iva Tasseva

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Iva Tasseva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. She joined the department in 2020 after completing her PhD in Economics. Her teaching is informed by her research, which focuses on income inequality and poverty, as well as the redistributive effects of tax-benefit policies. Iva has published extensively in various academic journals, including the Journal of European Social Policy and the Review of Income and Wealth. She contributed to the development of EUROMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model, and has assessed the impact of household incomes during the Covid-19 crisis across various countries. Iva is an elected member of the EUROMOD Scientific Advisory Board and currently works on projects related to social protection and poverty in selected African countries. Her research expertise includes quantitative methods, measurement error in household survey income data, and distributional analysis.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

London School of Economics • London, UK

Joined the Department of Social Policy, teaching and conducting research on income inequality and poverty.

Requirements for London School of Economics

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Quantitative
Required:164
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Advanced Calculus Linear Algebra Econometrics and Statistics Intermediate Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics