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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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... In addition, the number of weeks not in the labor force in year can be calculated as 52 minus weeks worked minus weeks unemployed. TRIM2 The MONTHS routine first allocates weeks worked, weeks unemployed, and weeks not in the labor force across the year and then allocates the income variables in proportion to weeks worked, weeks not worked, or simply by dividing by 12.
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