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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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... Also, output is available from simulating the 1987 AFDC program law on both the adjusted and the unadjusted 1983 baseline files. Further analysis of these data and specification of additional validation studies specifically directed to evaluation of participation functions in TRIM2 and other microsimulation models seem warranted.
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... Lubitz, I.S., and Carr, TJ. 1985 Turnover in the Food Stamp Program in 1979: The Role of Trigger Events.
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... Washington, D.C.: American Statistical Association. Young, Nathan, and Giannarelli, Linda 19B8 Calibration of Microsimulation Models to Program Data.
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