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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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... . All aspects of the current CPS and SIPP design and data collection procedures affect the quality and utility of the data for microsimulation modeling of income support programs.
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... . The Census Bureau produces household and family weights, which are the weights of the principal person in each case, for use in household- and family-level analyses.
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... However, assessing the impact of undercount on estimates of costs and caseloads for income support programs from the March CPS or the SIPP is not straightforward. For example, increasing the number of low-income households through an undercount adjustment would presumably enlarge the eligible pool for programs such as AFDC.
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  • march cps
  • support programs
  • income support
  • afdc unit

  • marital status
  • simulation modeling
  • item nonresponse
  • decennial census
  • microsimulation model

  • person nonresponse
  • control totals
  • filing units
  • administrative records
  • income statistics

  • filing unit
  • simulation model
  • microsimulation modeling
  • population undercoverage
  • household surveys

  • reporting errors


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