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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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... as the primary input database to perform analyses of government transfer programs, such as AEFDC and food stamps. The income supplement that is included in the March CPS provides total income amounts by source and summary data on labor force activity during the preceding calendar year for a large sample of households and their members.
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... The discussion proceeds in the order of the model calculations, beginning with how the models determine monthly employment status, then how they allocate earned income, and, finally, how they allocate unearned income. Transfer income from APDC, SSI, and food stamps is entirely simulated by the models, and, hence, He reported annual income amounts for these programs in the March CPS are not processed by the annual to monthly income conversion routines.
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