UKMOD B2024.21 released

UKMOD version B2024.21 is now available, with updates based on the December Scottish budget statement and revisions of the BVR (behavioural) and TCO (indirect taxes) extension.  New datasets with imputed consumption data are also available for 2019, 2020 and 2021. The model is available for download from the CeMPA website at https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/ukmod/access/.

We are recruiting

We are looking for a researcher with a keen computational interest to join our team of developers and analysts at CeMPA. The appointee will help develop the microsimulation models maintained at CeMPA. Key areas of interest, in addition to computational modelling, are distributional issues (economic and health inequalities, socio-economic determinants of health), the economics of […]

IMA Workshop on Microsimulation practice in government

*** Deadline extended to 10th February 2025 ***   The International Microsimulation Association (IMA), in collaboration with the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA), is organising a Workshop on Microsimulation practice in government, to be held online on November 4-5 2025. We invite submissions on […]

UKMOD B2024.16 released

UKMOD version B2024.16 is now available, with updates based on the October 30 budget statement and projections in the October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook reported by the OBR.  This release also includes new documentation for the BVR “behavioural responses” add-on to UKMOD. The model is available for download from the CeMPA website at https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/ukmod/access/.

UKMOD B2024.14 and new input data for 2022 released

UKMOD version B2024.14 is now available, together with new input datasets for 2022. The main changes with respect to the previous version are summarised below: Special Notice Release names have transitioned to a new standard. Releases names will now take the form XYYYY.NN, where X is a character denoting major structural changes to the model, […]

We are recruiting!

We are looking for an applied economist to join our team of developers and analysts at CeMPA. The appointee will work on edge-cutting quantitative research on the socio-economic determinants of health, the impact of health on labour market outcomes, the determinants and effects of economic insecurity, and the relationship between health, income and wealth inequalities. […]

UKMOD Country Report 2021-2027 published

A new UKMOD Country Report covering model description (version B1.11) and validation for the period 2021-2027 is available. The paper is also accessible from the UKMOD Resources page of the CeMPA website.

UKMOD B1.12 released

Release B1.12 of UKMOD is now live, with updates to the Spring 2024 UK Budget Statement, the March 2024 OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook, and the December 2023 Welsh and Scottish Budget Statements. The model is available for download from the CeMPA website at https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/ukmod/access/. Updates include: Parameter Updates Update take-up parameters for pension credit and housing benefit […]