UKMOD updated to reflect the September 2022 “mini-budget”

UKMOD version A3.25, an intermediate version of UKMOD with updated policies and model parameters to account for the Kwasi Kwarteng’s September “mini”-budget, has been released. UKMOD is the tax-benefit model for the UK and its constituent regions, developed and maintained at CeMPA. The model is freely available. All registered users of version A3.23+ have been […]

Workshop “The Gender Gap in Pay Progression: Job Mobility and Job Ladders”

Despite significant progress in the last decades, gender inequalities in the labour market remain pervasive. Women are paid less, are less likely to be promoted, and are less able to access well-paying jobs. As part of our ESRC-funded project, The Gender Gap in Pay Progression: Job Mobility and Job Ladders, we are organising a one-day […]

UKMOD A3.23+ released

A new release of UKMOD, the free tax-benefit model for the UK and its constituent nations, is available for download. UKMOD version A3.23+ features inclusion of new Scottish-only policies ( Scottish Best Start Foods, Scottish Free School Meals, Scottish School Clothing Grant, and Scottish Discretionary Housing Payments), updating of all model parameters, new calibration of […]

UKMOD A3.5+ released

A new release of UKMOD, the free tax-benefit model for the UK and its constituent nations, is available for download. UKMOD version A3.5+ incorporates some of the latest policy announcements made in the Spring Budget 2022, including an increase in the NIC Primary Threshold and Lower Profits Limit (effective from July 2022), and a reduction […]

Two new publications of the Scottish government using UKMOD

Two analyses have been recently published by the Scottish government, which make use of UKMOD, the tax-benefit model developed at CeMPA. The first report is the cumulative asssessment of the Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022-2026. In particular, modelling indicates that around 17% of children will live in relative poverty in 2023/24, with a reduction […]

New job opening at CeMPA

We have a vacancy opened for a Senior Research Officer (contract duration: 2-year contract) to study among other things the effects of digital transformation on labour market outcomes, poverty and inequality in the European Union. The SRO will also collaborate on other projects of the Centre, involving the use of static and dynamic microsimulation modelling […]

Partial basic income in France could empower young people – new report

As France goes to the polls, new analysis suggests that a partial basic income aimed at people aged 20-24 could dramatically benefit disenfranchised youth.   The introduction of a partial basic income targeted at young people living in France would provide an important ‘leg up’ for the country’s disenfranchised youth, say the authors of a new […]

New child poverty projections for Scotland using UKMOD

The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) had published an analysis of the Scottish Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26, based on UKMOD, the tax-benefit model for the UK and its constituent nations developed and maintained at CeMPA. According to the analysis, child poverty in Scotland is projected to fall to its lowest level in nearly 30 […]