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Edited by
A. Gupta, Applied Research Analysis Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
V. Kapur, Department of Finance, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Included in series
Contributions to Economic Analysis, 247
Description
This volume presents recent developments in microsimulation and public policy. Selected papers presented at an international conference
on microsimulation, held in Maine in 1997 and recent thinking in the field of microsimulation as reflected in special contributions by
some of the leading experts in the field are included.
The volume covers a wide range of subjects, including: economic analysis,
public policy analysis, static and dynamic microsimulation modelling techniques and related data issues. It also contains practical information
on some of the models in operation. The book presents innovative analysis on public policy issues as well as methodological advancements
taking place in the field.
The theme of the 1997 conference was "microsimulation for enlightened policy formulation". Focus was,
therefore, on practical uses of microsimulation in government policy although theoretical underpinnings also received considerable attention.
The diversity of papers presented and the multiplicity of disciplines represented at the conference - government officials, academic
community, consulting and accounting companies - reflect wide ranging recent experiences in the field from an applied angle. The volume
is intended to both serve established practitioners in the field and, as a reference text, new students. It is a follow-up to the earlier
volume, Microsimulation and Public Policy - A. Harding (ed.) in as much as it captures the developments in microsimulation since the
conference held in 1993, in Canberra.
Contents
Introduction and overview (V. Kapur, A. Gupta).
Part I: Microsimulation in Tax Policy.
The tax policy analyst's best friend (J.
Wilkins). Microsimulation and sales tax reform in Canada (A. Gupta, V. Kapur and T. McGirr). Distributional outcome of the Danish welfare
system (T.B. Pedersen). The use of microsimulation models for the Danish Tax Reform Act of 1993 (P. Foxman). Marginal effective tax rates
and expected gains from employment in Denmark (F. Hansen). The distributional superiority of tax credits (S. Delipalla, H. Papapanagos).
Modelling corporation tax in the United Kingdom (R.J. Eason).
Part II: Microsimulation Modelling: Issues and Developments.
Socio-economic
microsimulation and public policy: retrospect and prospect (M. Wolfson). Eur3: A prototype European tax-benefit model (F. Bourguignon et al.). Benefit systems and work incentives: an OECD database (M. Doudeijns). Microsimulation models - credibility, choice
and practical use (S.F. Barry, G.A. Keenay). Social policy microsimulation - what makes a difference? (G. Bagley, J.E. Burpee and S.
Jetté). Using dynamic microsimulation models for policy analysis and research (L. Andreassen, I. Texmon).
Part III: Recent
Advances in Dynamic Modelling.
Dynamic microsimulation: recent trends and future prospects (A. Harding). Modelling immigrants to
Australia - to enter a dynamic microsimulation model (A. Walker). DYNACAN: The Canada pension plan policy model: demographic and earnings
components (R.J. Morrison). Alignment and variance reduction in DYNACAN (C. Neufeld). Lifepaths: a longitudinal microsimulation model
using a synthetic approach (S. Gribble). Assessing distributional impacts of social security using microsimulation (M.M. Favreault, S.B.
Caldwell). The distribution of household wealth in the U.S., 1962-1992: estimation using dynamic microsimulation (L. Keister, S.B. Caldwell).
Part IV: Data Issues.
Some perspectives on data issues in microsimulation modelling (D. Feenberg, A. Gupta). Impute or match?
Strategies for microsimulation modelling (J.F. O'Hare). Static database aging of income distributions in Canada (E. Allie, B. Murphy).
Statistics on individual taxation: the individual taxation statistics program of revenue Canada (R.K. Naylor). The use of stimulation
models in forecasting tax revenues (E. Kitcher). Canada's corporation tax model (A. McGrath, C. McCann). Forecasting the number of firms
using a logit regression model (J.A. Rasmussen).
Part V: Practical Microsimulation Models.
Practical aspects of microsimulation
modelling (J. O'Hare, A. Gupta). Model 1: EUROMOD (EU) (H. Sutherland). Model 2: TRIM3 (U.S.A.) (J. O'Hare). Model 3: SPSD/M (Canada)
(B. Murphy). Model 4: STINMOD (Australia) (S. Lambert, M. Child and A. Harding). Model 5: DYNACAN (Canada) (R.J. Morrison). Model 6:
OECD tax-benefit model (OECD) (M. Doudeijns). Model 7: ACITM (Australia) (M. Zeitlhofer). Model 8: LIFEPATHS (Canada) (S. Gribble). Model
9: ASTER (Belgium) (A. Decoster). Model 10: SLOVAK (Slovak) (W.B. Trautman). Model 11: MAINE (U.S.A.) (A. Gupta, D. Kroetsch). Model
12: XECON (Canada) (M.C. Wolfson). Index. Notes on contributors. List of discussants and referees.
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Hardbound, 670 pages, publication date: AUG-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-50174-5
ISBN-10: 0-444-50174-6
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND
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