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https://policyengine.org/uk/policy?focus=policyOutput.distributionalImpact.incomeDecile.average&reform=53704&region=uk&timePeriod=2024&baseline=1

MaxGhenis

Model Scottish child benefit

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Started 2021-02-14: https://www.gov.scot/news/new-scottish-child-payment-starts-today >qualifying parents and carers £40 every four weeks for each child under six. Couldn't find a definition of "qualifying" off hand.

MaxGhenis

We should host the streamlit app in the cloud, plus add details of recent tax-benefit reforms.

nikhilwoodruff

More detailed than CBO's: https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/NICS-Cut-Impact-on-Labour-Supply-Note.pdf

MaxGhenis

Per https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8027f7ed915d74e622ccc2/dwp-family-household-income-stats-adjusting-for-inflation-statistical-notice.pdf they omit housing from the price index to avoid double-counting housing costs

MaxGhenis

Looks like we just need to set this to true for 2024 on: https://policyengine.org/uk/policy?focus=gov.dwp.winter_fuel_payment.eligibility.require_benefits https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility

MaxGhenis

MaxGhenis

For an example of this, check out https://www.github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-household-api/pull/209. The script to update country package versions in the API and household API replaces all version numbers that correspond with the existing...

anth-volk

This is meant to complement https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-core/pull/252. The root of the issue behind that PR was an incorrectly written line that, when executed, did not apply a reform correctly, causing a...

anth-volk

E.g., the installation docs are way out of date. We're currently asking contributors to use Python 3.7 when we should be saying 3.10.

anth-volk