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LifeSim: A Lifecourse Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Millennium Birth Cohort in England

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  • Ieva Skarda

    (Centre for Health Economics, York, UK)

  • Miqdad Asaria

    (Department of Health Policy, Cowdray House, London, UK)

  • Richard Cookson

    (Centre for Health Economics, York, UK)

Abstract

We present a dynamic microsimulation model for childhood policy analysis that models developmental, economic, social and health outcomes from birth to death for each child in the Millennium Birth Cohort (MCS) in England, together with public costs and a summary wellbeing measure. The model is a discrete event simulation in discrete time (annual periods), implemented in R, which progresses 100,000 individuals through each year of their lives from birth in the year 2000 to death. From age 0 to 18 the model draws observational data from the MCS, with explicit modelling of only a few derived outcomes (mental health, conduct disorder, mortality, health-related quality of life, public costs and a general wellbeing metric). During adulthood, all outcomes are modelled dynamically using explicit networks of stochastic process equations, with separate networks for working age and retirement. Our equations are parameterised using effect estimates from existing studies combined with target outcome levels from up-to-date administrative and survey data. We present our baseline projections and a simple validation check against external data from the British Cohort Study 1970 and Understanding Society survey.
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  • Ieva Skarda & Miqdad Asaria & Richard Cookson, 2021. "LifeSim: A Lifecourse Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Millennium Birth Cohort in England," International Journal of Microsimulation, International Microsimulation Association, vol. 14(1), pages 2-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:ijm:journl:v:14:y:2021:i:1:p:2-42
    DOI: 10.34196/ijm.00228
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    1. Liina Mansukoski & Alexandra Albert & Yassaman Vafai & Chris Cartwright & Aamnah Rahman & Jessica Sheringham & Bridget Lockyer & Tiffany C. Yang & Philip Garnett & Maria Bryant, 2022. "Development of Public Health Core Outcome Sets for Systems-Wide Promotion of Early Life Health and Wellbeing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-15, June.
    2. Skarda, Ieva & Asaria, Miqdad & Cookson, Richard, 2022. "Evaluating childhood policy impacts on lifetime health, wellbeing and inequality: Lifecourse distributional economic evaluation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 302(C).
    3. Kopasker, Daniel & Bronka, Patryk & Thomson, Rachel M. & Khodygo, Vladimir & Kromydas, Theocharis & Meier, Petra & Heppenstall, Alison & Bambra, Clare & Lomax, Nik & Craig, Peter & Richiardi, Matteo &, 2024. "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, Elsevier, vol. 351(C).
    4. Patryk Bronka & Justin van de Ven & Daniel Kopasker & Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi & Matteo Richiardi, 2025. "SimPaths: An open-source microsimulation model for life course analysis," International Journal of Microsimulation, International Microsimulation Association, vol. 18(1), pages 95-133.

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