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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 questionnaire explicitly asks about filing unit composition for major programs such as food stamps and AFDC. It is still not easy to identify potential filing units among households that are eligible but not currently participating in income support programs; nonetheless, the information on filing unit composition in SIPP represents a major step forward.
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Key Terms

  • census bureau
  • march cps
  • sipp data
  • support programs
  • food stamp

  • income support
  • participation rates
  • food stamps
  • asset holdings
  • household composition

  • stamp program
  • filing units
  • tax credit
  • child support
  • child care

  • afdc participation
  • support enforcement
  • filing unit
  • program filing


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