Health Equity and its Economic Determinants (HEED): A Pan-European Microsimulation model for Health impacts of Income and Social Security Policies

Project Information

HEED

Grant agreement ID: 949582

DOI

10.3030/949582

EC signature date 26 August 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 773,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 773,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Participation in theOpen Research Data Pilot

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (21)

Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey

Author(s): Theocharis Kromydas, Evangelia Demou, Rhiannon Edge, Matthew Gittins, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Neil Pearce, Martie van Tongeren, Jack Wilkinson, Sarah Rhodes
Published in: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Issue 80, 2023, Page(s) 545-552, ISSN 1351-0711
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2023-108930

To what extent does income explain the effect of unemployment on mental health? Mediation analysis in the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Author(s): Thomson RM, Kopasker D, Leyland A, Pearce A, Katikireddi SV
Published in: Psychological Medicine, 2022, ISSN 0033-2917
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722003580

Estimating the causal effects of income on health: how researchers’ definitions of “income” matter

Author(s): Erik Igelström, Daniel Kopasker, Peter Craig, Jim Lewsey, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: BMC Public Health, Issue 24, 2024, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19049-w

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

Author(s): Patryk Bronka, Justin van de Ven, Daniel Kopasker, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Matteo Richiardi
Published in: International Journal of Microsimulation, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1747-5864
Publisher: International Microsimulation Association
DOI: 10.34196/ijm.00318

Health Equity and Its Economic Determinants (HEED): protocol for a pan-European microsimulation model for health impacts of income and social security policies

Author(s): Katikireddi SV, Kopasker D, Pearce A, Leyland AH, Rostila M, Richiardi M
Published in: BMJ Open, 2022, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062405

Exploring the health and sociodemographic characteristics of people seeking advice with claiming universal credit: a cross-sectional analysis of UK citizens advice data, 2017–2021

Author(s): Brown H, Xiang H, Cheetham M, Morris S, Gibson M, Katikireddi SV, Munford LA, Taylor-Robinson D, Finney H, Bartle V, Baxter AJ, Wickham S, Craig P, Bambra C
Published in: BMC Public Health, 2023, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15483-4

Systems science methods in public health: what can they contribute to our understanding of and response to the cost-of-living crisis?

Author(s): Höhn A, Stokes J, Pollack R, Boyd J, Cerro CCD, Elsenbroich C, Heppenstall A, Hjelmskog A, Inyang E, Kopasker D, Sonthalia S,Thomson RT, Zia K, Katikireddi SV, Meier P
Published in: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2023, ISSN 1470-2738
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2023-220435

Long COVID and financial outcomes: Evidence from four longitudinal population surveys

Author(s): Rebecca Rhead, Jacques Wels, Bettina Moltrecht, Richard J. Shaw, Richard J. Silverwood, Jingmin Zhu, Alun Hughes, Nishi Chaturvedi, Evangelia Demou, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, George B. Ploubidis
Published in: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2024, ISSN 0143-005X
Publisher: British Medical Association
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.23.23290354

Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records

Author(s): Richard J. Shaw, Olivia K. L. Hamilton, Rebecca Rhead, Richard J. Silverwood, Jacques Wels, Jingmin Zhu, Giorgio Di Gessa, Ruth C. E. Bowyer, Bettina Moltrecht, Michael J. Green, Evangelia Demou, Serena Pattaro, Paola Zaninotto, Andy Boyd, Felix Greaves, Nishi Chaturvedi, George B. Ploubidis, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) e0321201, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321201

Using natural experiments to evaluate population health and health system interventions: new framework for producers and users of evidence

Author(s): Peter Craig, Mhairi Campbell, Manuela Deidda, Ruth Dundas, Judith Green, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Jim Lewsey, David Ogilvie, Frank de Vocht, Martin White
Published in: BMJ, 2025, Page(s) e080505, ISSN 1756-1833
Publisher: BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080505

Investigating causal effects of income on health using two-sample Mendelian randomisation

Author(s): Erik Igelström, Marcus R. Munafò, Ben M. Brumpton, Neil M. Davies, George Davey Smith, Pekka Martikainen, Desmond Campbell, Peter Craig, Jim Lewsey, S. Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: BMC Global and Public Health, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-913X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s44263-025-00130-4

How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Thomson RM, Igelström E, Purba AK, Shimonovich M, Thomson H, McCartney G, Reeves A, Leyland A, Pearce A, Katikireddi SV
Published in: The Lancet Public Health, 2022, ISSN 2468-2667
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00058-5

Causal inference and effect estimation using observational data

Author(s): Igelström E, Craig P, Lewsey J, Lynch J, Pearce A, Katikireddi SV
Published in: J Epidemiol Community Health, 2022, ISSN 1470-2738
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-219267

Effects of poverty on mental health in the UK working-age population: causal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Author(s): Thomson RM, Kopasker D, Leyland A, Pearce A, Katikireddi SV
Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology, 2022, ISSN 0300-5771
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac226

The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences

Author(s): Broadbent P, Thomson R, Kopasker D, McCartney G, Meier P, Richiardi M, McKee M, Katikireddi SV
Published in: The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 2023, ISSN 2666-7762
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100585

Did trade unions protect employees’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic? A mixed effects model using UK data from Understanding Society

Author(s): Theocharis Kromydas, Evangelia Demou, Alastair H Leyland, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Jacques Wels
Published in: BMJ Public Health, Issue 3, 2025, Page(s) e001756, ISSN 2753-4294
Publisher: BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001756

Causal Assessment of Income Inequality on Self‐Rated Health and All‐Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Author(s): MICHAL SHIMONOVICH, MHAIRI CAMPBELL, RACHEL M. THOMSON, PHILIP BROADBENT, VALERIE WELLS, DANIEL KOPASKER, GERRY McCARTNEY, HILARY THOMSON, ANNA PEARCE, S. VITTAL KATIKIREDDI
Published in: The Milbank Quarterly, Issue 102, 2024, Page(s) 141-182, ISSN 0887-378X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689

Which is most important for mental health: Money, poverty, or paid work? A fixed-effects analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Author(s): Theocharis K, Thomson RM, Pulford A, Green MJ, Katikireddi SV
Published in: SSM - Population Health, 2021, ISSN 2352-8273
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100909

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

Author(s): Rachel M. Thomson, Daniel Kopasker, Patryk Bronka, Matteo Richiardi, Vladimir Khodygo, Andrew J. Baxter, Erik Igelström, Anna Pearce, Alastair H. Leyland, S. Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: PLOS Medicine, Issue 21, 2024, Page(s) e1004358, ISSN 1549-1676
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004358

Evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit: protocol for a mixed methods study

Author(s): Craig, Peter; Barr, Benjamin; Baxter, Andrew J; Brown, Heather; Cheetham, Mandy; Gibson, Marcia; Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal; Moffatt, Suzanne; Morris, Steph; Munford, Luke Aaron; Richiardi, Matteo; Sutton, Matt; Taylor-Robinson, David; Wickham, Sophie; Xiang, Huasheng; Bambra, Clare
Published in: Evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit: protocol for a mixed methods study, Issue 2, 2022, Page(s) e061340, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061340

Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: a modelling study between 2024 and 2033

Author(s): Ronan McCabe, Roxana Pollack, Philip Broadbent, Rachel M Thomson, Erik Igelström, Anna Pearce, Clare Bambra, Davara Lee Bennett, Alexiou Alexandros, Konstantinos Daras, David Taylor-Robinson, Benjamin Barr, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Issue 78, 2024, Page(s) 632-640, ISSN 0143-005X
Publisher: British Medical Association
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2024-222313

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Microsimulation as a flexible tool to evaluate policies and their impact on socioeconomic inequalities in health

Author(s): Daniel Kopasker; Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi; João Vasco Santos; Matteo Richiardi; Patryk Bronka; Mikael Rostila; Michele Cecchini; Shehzad Ali; Karl Emmert-Fees; Clare Bambra; Hanno Hoven; Insa Backhaus; Mirza Balaj; Terje Andreas Eikemo
Published in: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2666-7762
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100758

Wealth and health: the neglected economic determinant

Author(s): Rebeka Balogh, S Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Issue 48, 2025, Page(s) 101138, ISSN 2666-7762
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101138