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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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... SSI participation in DYNASIM2 depends on benefit level (three categories) ; PRISM estimates SSI participation on the basis of marital status and benefit level.
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... Parameters governing demographic and labor force events may be changed, allowing an analyst to create alternative population projections on the basis of different assumptions. For example, it is possible to change parameters specifying fertility rates, mortality rates, female labor force participation rates, and the real growth in wage rates.
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Key Terms

  • population projections
  • labor force
  • population projection
  • participation rates
  • force events

  • marital status
  • pension coverage
  • longitudinal histories
  • force participation
  • benefit level

  • pension eligibility
  • retirement income
  • income tax
  • dynamic models
  • ssi participation

  • transfer program
  • pension characteristics
  • policy change
  • filing unit


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