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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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... 2. Imputation of monthly employment and income Because the March CPS provides information only on annual employment and earnings, while the
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... Static aging involves reweighting the records to conform to projected population counts, adjusting labor force data to match projected unemployment rates in a future time period, and adjusting income amounts for projected economic growth and price changes. We specified three alternatives in addition to "not aging;" see Giannarelli (1989a)
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  • march cps
  • labor force
  • sensitivity analysis
  • comparison values
  • model run

  • marital status
  • model runs
  • variability due
  • control totals
  • aging module

  • projected population
  • monthly employment
  • simulation model
  • regression model
  • sampling variability


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