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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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... For this reason the Panel to Evaluate Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs decided to conduct, in conjunction with the Urban Institute, an illustrative validation of TRIM2 for a particular federal program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) , which we refer to as the "experiment." Michael Cohen is assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland; he served as a consultant to the panel.
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