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Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions -- The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling Volume II, Technical Papers (1991) / Chapter Skim
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... carried out an external validation study of the ability of the current, more complex TRIM2 MONTHS routine to replicate the monthly employment and income patterns evidenced for calendar year 1985. As measures of truth, the study used data from the 1984 SIPP panel for people in the labor force at any time during 1985.
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  • labor force
  • months routine
  • employment status
  • external validation
  • months routines

  • monthly income
  • monthly employment
  • current months
  • sipp panel
  • force activities


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