The Arithmetic of Tax and Social Security Reform : a User's Guide to Microsimulation Methods and Analysis
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, The Arithmetic OF Tax And Social Security Reform : A User's Guide TOMicrosimulation Methods And Ana, 1998
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299 pages. Stamped damaged on verso title page. Otherwise as new.; Hardcover; 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm; Tax-benefit models are powerful tools for the analysis of the impact of policy reform, in regular use around the world in government and research organisations. This study focuses on one particular model, POLIMOD, and performs three tasks. It provides an illustration of the type of analysis that can be performed, and demonstrates the sensitivity of results to some of the key assumptions that are made. It steps inside POLIMOD and documents some of the inner layers of data manipulation and model construction that drive its output. And it provides a detailed assessment of the reliability of those outputs based on a validation against external sources. The study offers those who use models like POLIMOD, or their outputs, an appreciation of the constraints and assumptions that shape the analysis they provide. And it provides those directly involved in the development of microsimulation models with a guide to methods.…
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- Title
- The Arithmetic of Tax and Social Security Reform : a User's Guide to Microsimulation Methods and Analysis
- Author
- Redmond, Gerry, Holly Sutherland & Moira Wilson
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, The Arithmetic OF Tax And Social Security Reform : A User's Guide TOMicrosimulation Methods And Ana
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Original Boards
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521632242
- ISBN 13
- 9780521632249
- Edition
- First Edition; First Edition.
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