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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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... Generally, He adjustment factors were fairly large. Except for marriage, labor force participation, and unemployment incidence, the factors reported were all 10 percent or more above or below the corresponding unaligned factors.
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... more sophisticated modules that attempt to model interactions, including those between demographic and economic modules. He said that his evaluation results showed that MICROSIM required macroadjustment to nearly all operating characteristics.
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  • operating characteristics
  • labor force
  • employment status
  • operating characteristic
  • force participation

  • external validation
  • control totals
  • cps data
  • hourly wage
  • model specification


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