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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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... TRIM2 is a static model of government tax and transfer programs, including AFDC, SSI, food stamps, school nutrition programs, Medicare, employersponsored health insurance, Medicaid, federal income taxes, state income taxes, and social security payroll taxes. The original TRIM was developed by the Urban Institute in me early 1970s; see Webb et al.
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... Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute Press. Webb, Randall L., Bergsman, Anne, Hager, Clara, Murray, Douglas, and Simon, Eric 1986 TRIM2 Reference Manual: The Framework for Microsimulation.
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