An introduction to UKMOD: self-paced course

Description:

This space contains material that can be used as a standalone, self-paced course for the latest version of UKMOD. The course material have been adapted from the face-to-face training sessions and are presented as a linear course that you could follow from beginning to end, or use as a refresher of the main concepts and elements of the UKMOD training.

Day 1

8.15

Welcome & Official Opening: Prof Cathal O’Donoghue, Prof Matteo Richiardi

Introduction: Prof Robert Tanton, President, International Microsimulation Association

8.30

Session 1: Labour supply and demand I; Chair: TBA

9.30

Coffee Break

9.45

Session 2: Labour supply and demand II; Chair: TBA

11.15

Coffee Break

11.30

Session 3: Environment; Chair: TBA

13.00

Lunch break

14.00

Plenary 1. Prof Nora Lustig: “Short and Long-Run Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America”. Chair: Cathal O’Donoghue

15.00

Session 4: Dynamic microsimulation I; Chair: TBA

16.30

Coffee Break

16.45

Session 5: Dynamic microsimulation II; Chair: TBA

18.15

Coffee Break

18.30

Session 6: Pensions and Retirement I; Chair: TBA