UKMOD Fest 2024: 4 October

We are pleased to announce our Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA) will host the 3rd UKMOD Fest, a gathering of developers, users and friends of UKMOD, the free tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK and its constituent nations, to share experiences and ideas related to the model and its applications. The event is hybrid and a video link will be shared with participants who are not able to attend in person. We gratefully acknowledge the interest of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and the DWP analysists who for the second year running will attend the Fest and discuss methodological and empirical issues.

Date: 4 October 2024

Venue:

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
Wivenhoe Campus,
Colchester CO4 3SQ

Registration is free and can be completed here. A video link to join online will become available from this page a few days prior to the event.

Program

9.30 amWelcome and coffee
10.00 amIntroduction
Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA)
10.15 amUKMOD developments: indirect taxes, labour supply responses, UKMOD Explore, EM sw engine, release calendar
Justin van de Ven (CeMPA)
11.00 amcoffee break
11.15 amUBI-eh? Strengthening minimum income guarantees, universality and unconditionality in the UK working-age welfare state
Joe Crisp (University of Bath)
12.00 pmHBAI vs. FRS: new default?
Justin van de Ven (CeMPA)
12.30 pmlunch
1.30 pmThe evolution of gender income inequality in Ireland and the UK since 2008
Daria Popova (CeMPA)
2.15 pmPanel session: Institutional uses of UKMOD
Ceri Greenall (Welsh Government), Matthew Keep (House of Commons Library), Ignacia Pinto (Women’s Budget Group), Spencer Thompson (Scottish Government), Maike Waldmann (SPICe)
Chair: Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA)
3.15 pmCoffee brak
3.30 pmPanel session: Modelling labour supply responses
Will Fairweather and Stuart Maclachlan (DWP), Nicola Hudson (SPICe), Becky Milne (JRF), Justin van de Ven (CeMPA)
Chair: Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA)
4.30pmGeneral discussion – UKMOD development priority list
Chair: Justin van de Ven (CeMPA)
4.50 pmConclusions
Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA)
5.00 pmEnd

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UKMOD benefits from the support of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust. abrdn Financial Fairness Trust funds research, policy work and campaigning activities to tackle financial problems and improve living standards for people on low-to-middle incomes in the UK. It is an independent charitable trust registered in Scotland (SC040877).

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