Resources

UKMOD reference paper

Richiardi M, Collado D, Popova D (2021). UKMOD – A new tax-benefit model for the four nations of the UK. International Journal of Microsimulation, 14(1): 92-101. DOI: 10.34196/IJM.00231.

This paper provides an overview of the model, its features and modelling assumptions. It should be the first read for someone interested in using UKMOD, and it is the required citation for all work based on UKMOD.

Training material

We have adapted our regular training course to make it available online for asynchronous and self-paced learning – visit our training page for free access.

Are you interested in attending a future UKMOD training course?

To help us plan our training schedule we have set up a web form to collate the details of those interested in attending the introductory and advanced courses. If this is something you are interested in, please complete the form here.

Forum

We have also created an online UKMOD user forum, where all members of the community can ask UKMOD-related questions, hold discussions and read about the latest releases.

If you would like to subscribe to the forum, please email iser-ukmod@essex.ac.uk, with your name, organisation, and a short paragraph outlining why you are interested in UKMOD or how you intend to use it, and we will get back to you.

Model documentation

UKMOD users will receive technical documentation in the form of a Country Report, updated for each release.

The Country Report contains sections on:

• an overview of the UK tax-benefit system
• a description of the tax-benefit instruments and an explanation of how they are modelled
• a description of the input microdata and adjustments to the original data
• a validation of baseline output in relation to other statistics

Available Country Reports

• UKMOD Country Report 2022-2029 (UKMOD version B2024.21)
• UKMOD Country Report 2021-2027 (UKMOD version B1.11)
• UKMOD Country Report 2020-2026 (UKMOD version B1+)
• UKMOD Country Report 2019-2025 (UKMOD version A3+)
• UKMOD Country Report 2018-2024 (UKMOD version A2+)
• Descriptions of earlier policy systems can be found in the EUROMOD Country Reports series.

EUROMOD Modelling Conventions

This document is the collection of rules and guidelines followed by developers in updating the tax-benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD.

Read the paper here.

Other EUROMOD Resources

Manuals for the Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT) plugin and the Marginal Tax Rate add-on can be found here.

UKMOD Users Feedback

Please fill our users feedback questionnaire here to provide us with important information to further improve the model, the documentation, and our support to the UKMOD community.