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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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... The master routine SIMTAB was specially created to compare multiple simulations of the FSTAMP or AFDC simulation modules. The QUANT master routine can be used to compare different model runs by examining the incidence of taxation or receipt of income transfer across an income distribution classified by a quartile variable.
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