A Microsimulation Model of Social Care in Wales Seminar

Time:: 15:00 - 16:00
Date:: 12 June 2014
Venue:: Building 58, Room 1007

For more information regarding this seminar, please telephone Yvonne Richardson on 02380 598981 or email clcproj@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

Joint CLC/CPC Seminar

In this talk I will discuss a microsimulation model built for the Welsh Government which simulates the costs and distributional effect of changes to the system for paying for social care in Wales, for up to 20 years into the future.

The model uses household data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). It has a number of innovative technical features, and a user-friendly Web interface. The program code is freely available under an Open Source licence.

I will review the design and implementation of the model, outline possible future developments, and demonstrate the it in use.

Speaker information

Graham Stark, Virtual Worlds Consultancy. Graham developed a microsimulation model for the Welsh Government