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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 contrast, the current TRIM2 food stamp participation function, although more complex than previous functions, is simpler than the MATH function. Evaluation of Alternative Participation Functions Given the low participation rates in some income support programs, which necessitate the simulation of participation behavior, and the interest of policy
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... CITRO AND CHRISTINE M ROSS makers in the effects of program alternatives on both the size and the composition of the recipient population, it seems highly important to evaluate the participation functions used in major microsimulation models.
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Key Terms

  • sensitivity analysis
  • support programs
  • food stamp
  • income support
  • microsimulation models

  • eligible units
  • simulation models
  • participation rates
  • stamp program
  • microsimulation model

  • participation function
  • program alternatives
  • benefit amount
  • administrative data
  • baseline file

  • program change
  • actual participants
  • participation functions
  • simulated eligible
  • simulated participants

  • program participation
  • simulation model
  • participation probabilities
  • afdc benefits
  • population undercoverage

  • current law


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