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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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... PROBLEMS OF VARIABLE MISSPECIFICATION This section discusses differences between the variables in the CPS and SIPP and those variables needed for simulation of income support programs for the following topics: income accounting period, income detail, household composition reference period, and households and families versus program filing units. The comparison is entirely in favor of the SIPP.
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  • census bureau
  • march cps
  • sipp data
  • support programs
  • income support

  • household composition
  • longitudinal histories
  • filing units
  • administrative records
  • security administration

  • retirement income
  • reference period
  • filing unit
  • sipp panel
  • program filing


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