Research

Selected research using SimPaths to examine life course dynamics, social care and the health effects of tax and benefit policy.

Model paper

2025 Journal article

SimPaths: an open-source microsimulation model for life course analysis

International Journal of Microsimulation, 18(1), 95–133.

Bronka P, van de Ven J, Kopasker D, Katikireddi SV, Richiardi M

Selected publications

2025 Journal article

Attenuation and reinforcement mechanisms over the life course

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 231, 106911.

Richiardi M, Bronka P, van de Ven J

2025 Working paper

Welfare effects of social care policies (PDF)

CeMPA Working Paper 5/25.

van de Ven J, Bronka P, Richiardi M

2025 Conference abstract

Tax reforms vs benefit enhancement to address mental health inequalities: a microsimulation study

European Journal of Public Health, 35 (Supplement 4).

Igelström E, Kopasker D, Richiardi MG, Katikireddi SV

2024 Journal article

Evaluating the influence of taxation and social security policies on psychological distress: a microsimulation study of the UK during the COVID-19 economic crisis

Social Science & Medicine, 351, 116953.

Kopasker D, Bronka P, Thomson RM, Khodygo V, Kromydas T, Meier P, Heppenstall A, Bambra C, Lomax N, Craig P, Richiardi M, Katikireddi SV

2024 Journal article

Short-term impacts of Universal Basic Income on population mental health inequalities in the UK: a microsimulation modelling study

PLOS Medicine, 21(3), e1004358.

Thomson RM, Kopasker D, Bronka P, Richiardi M, Khodygo V, Baxter AJ, Igelström E, Pearce A, Leyland AH, Katikireddi SV

2024 Working paper

The life course effects of care (PDF)

CeMPA Working Paper 7/24. Revised February 2025.

van de Ven J, Bronka P, Richiardi M