SIDD Simulator of Individual Dynamic Decisions

Helping to make best practice economic analysis accessible to all

A dynamic microsimulation model for non-specialists

The Simulator of Individual Dynamic Decisions (SIDD) is a modelling project that has been in development at the NIESR  since 2002.  Its purpose is to make current best practice economic analysis of savings and labour supply decisions accessible to non-specialists.  It has also been designed to reduce the set-up costs involved in adapting such methods to alternative economic contexts.  We have made the SIDD model freely available from this website, with the objective of increasing the policy impact of this exciting field of microeconomic research.
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Downloads - for free

Consistent with our objective to improve access to tools for economic analysis, the SIDD program can be obtained for FREE. Download it now!
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On-line tutorials

A range of on-line tutorials exist, designed to provide hand-on guidance in use of the model, including analysis of policy counterfactuals.
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Chat with an expert

Can’t find the information you are looking for?  Contact the developers directly!
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Welcome.

Latest News and Research.

SIDD released on the web!

The state-of-the-art dynamic microsimulation model SIDD can now be downloaded from this website.  Your window to the future is now just a few clicks away.  Oh, and did I already mention, it is absolutely FREE!

SIDD on Brexit

Brexit has come as a shock to most, leaving many people scrambling to work out what comes next.  Research commissioned by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, based on SIDD, suggests that the medium term fiscal impact of effects of Brexit on immigrant numbers is likely to be slight.

Developmental Sponsors.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK) HM Treasury (UK) HM Revenue and Customs (UK) Department for Work and Pensions (UK) Institute for Arts and Actuaries (UK) NAPF and AgeUK (UK)
European Commission (Italy, EU) University of Melbourne (AUST) Economic and Social Research Council (UK) European Commission (Ireland, EU) Leverhulme Trust (UK)
SIDD Simulator of Individual Dynamic Decisions

Welcome.

Helping to make best practice

economic analysis accessible to all

A dynamic microsimulation model for non-

specialists

The Simulator of Individual Dynamic Decisions (SIDD) is a modelling project that has been in development at the NIESR since 2002.  Its purpose is to make current best practice economic analysis of savings and labour supply decisions accessible to non-specialists.  It has also been designed to reduce the set-up costs involved in adapting such methods to alternative economic contexts.  We have made the SIDD model freely available from this website, with the objective of increasing the policy impact of this exciting field of microeconomic research.
More Info More Info

Downloads - for free

Consistent with our objective to improve access to tools for economic analysis, the SIDD program can be obtained for FREE. Download it now!
More Info More Info

On-line tutorials

A range of on-line tutorials exist, designed to provide hand-on guidance in use of the model, including analysis of policy counterfactuals.
More Info More Info
 

Chat with an expert

Can’t find the information you are looking for?  Contact the developers directly!
More Info More Info

Latest News and Research.

SIDD released on the web!

The state-of-the-art dynamic microsimulation model SIDD can now be downloaded from this website.  Your window to the future is now just a few clicks away.  Oh, and did I already mention, it is absolutely FREE!

SIDD on Brexit

Brexit has come as a shock to most, leaving many people scrambling to work out what comes next.  Research commissioned by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, based on SIDD, suggests that the medium term fiscal impact of effects of Brexit on immigrant numbers is likely to be slight.

Developmental Sponsors.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK) HM Treasury (UK) HM Revenue and Customs (UK) Department for Work and Pensions (UK) Institute for Arts and Actuaries (UK) NAPF and AgeUK (UK) European Commission (Italy, EU) University of Melbourne (AUST) Economic and Social Research Council (UK) European Commission (Ireland, EU) Leverhulme Trust (UK)