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We are pleased to announce 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 online. 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.
The event is organised jointly with the Alliance for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis CIC, which contributes to the maintenance, update and development of UKMOD.
Date: 4 October 2024
Program
| 9.45 am | Welcome and virtual 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)
Chair: Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA) |
| 3.15 pm | Coffee break |
| 3.30 pm | Panel session: Modelling labour supply responses
Stuart Maclachlan (DWP), Becky Milne (JRF), Justin van de Ven (CeMPA), Maike Waldmann (SPICe)
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).