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 am | Welcome and coffee |
10.00 am | Introduction Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA) |
10.15 am | UKMOD developments: indirect taxes, labour supply responses, UKMOD Explore, EM sw engine, release calendar Justin van de Ven (CeMPA) |
11.00 am | coffee break |
11.15 am | UBI-eh? Strengthening minimum income guarantees, universality and unconditionality in the UK working-age welfare state Joe Crisp (University of Bath) |
12.00 pm | HBAI vs. FRS: new default? Justin van de Ven (CeMPA) |
12.30 pm | lunch |
1.30 pm | The evolution of gender income inequality in Ireland and the UK since 2008 Daria Popova (CeMPA) |
2.15 pm | Panel 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 pm | Coffee brak |
3.30 pm | Panel 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) |
4.30pm | General discussion – UKMOD development priority list Chair: Justin van de Ven (CeMPA) |
4.50 pm | Conclusions Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA) |
5.00 pm | End |
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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).