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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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... compared MATH with TATSIM, which is a variant of MATH developed by the Stanford Research Institute to predict national-level labor supply responses to alternative negative income tax plans. Again, there was some problem in comparability; the MATH estimates were based on He 1975 March CPS while the TATSIM estimates were based on the 1976 Survey of Income and Education, data that are 1 year older.
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  • march cps
  • food stamp
  • participation rates
  • food stamps
  • external validation

  • public assistance
  • income tax


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