CeMPA celebrated its 1st year of existence with its first General Assembly

CeMPA had its first Annual General Assembly on May 12. The event offered an opportunity to reflect on the first year of activity of the new Centre, with more than 20 active projects, 10 national and international events organised and 38 new Working Papers produced. Matteo Richiardi, CeMPA Director, commented: “It is a great challenge […]

UKMOD version A2.5+ released

UKMOD A2.5+ has been released. Major novelties are:   Policies updated to take into account the spring 2021 budget announcements. Nowcasting updated to December 2020 data. Updated single-year and multi-year datasets. EUROMOD software engine upgraded to version 3.4.0. Information on how to access the model is available here. The model is also available through our users forum (see here).

New research looks into the impact of reversing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit uplifts

New research for the Greater London Authority finds prolonging the £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax credit would keep 780,000 people out of poverty this year
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New research finds dramatic increase in poverty in Covid-stricken Ecuador

ISER research looks at the role of the emergency tax and benefit policies during the Covid-19 pandemic in Ecuador
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UKMOD version A2.0+ released

An updated version of UKMOD – the only tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK that is entirely open and accessible to policy makers, researchers and the interested public – has been released.
Simulating tax reforms and fiscal gain in the Andean Region

Simulating tax reforms and fiscal gain in the Andean Region

ISER project with the Inter-American Development Bank simulating the impact of tax reforms and the consequential fiscal gain in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
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End of the furlough scheme could cost the UK economy 1.8 million jobs

Professor Matteo Richiardi urges the Chancellor to rethink ending the Job Retention Scheme as the Covid crisis continues
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Taking the Global View – new publication showing our microsimulation work around the world

Our Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis celebrates the advancing geographical reach and policy of impact of our tax-benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD