""Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""Databases and Methods of Data Enhancement""; ""Model Design""; ""Computing Technology""; ""Model Evaluation""; ""Model Documentation""; ""MODELS""; ""Dynamic Simulation of Income Model 2 (DYNASIM2)""; ""Household Income and Tax Simulation Model (HITSM)""; ""Micro Analysis of Transfers to Households (MATH) Model""; ""Multi-Regional Policy Impact Simulation (MRPIS) Model""; ""Pension and Retirement Income Simulation Model (PRISM)""
""Social Policy Simulation Database/Model (SPSD/M)""""Transfer Income Model 2 (TRIM2)""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Databases and Methods of Data Enhancement""; ""1 Databases for Microsimulation: A Comparison of the March CPS and SIPP ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA NEEDS FOR MODELING INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS""; ""SURVEY DESIGN OF THE MARCH CPS AND THE SIPP""; ""SURVEY-BASED PROBLEMS""; ""Population Coverage""; ""Household and Individual Nonresponse""; ""Item Nonresponse""; ""Reporting Errors""; ""Sample Size""; ""Data Delivery""; ""PROBLEMS OF VARIABLE MISSPECIFICATION""; ""Income Accounting Period""
""Income Detail""""Household Composition Reference Period""; ""Households and Families Versus Program Filing Units""; ""DATA OMISSIONS""; ""Asset Holdings""; ""Expenditures""; ""Extended Families""; ""Other Variables for Related Policy Issues""; ""EVALUATION OF ESTIMATES OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FROM CPS AND SIPP""; ""THE DIVISION OF LABOR FOR PRODUCTION OF DATABASES FROM CPS AND SIPP""; ""THE SUITABILITY OF CPS AND SIPP FOR INTEGRATED MODELING OF TAXES AND TRANSFERS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Statistical Matching and Microsimulation Models ""; ""INTRODUCTION""
""Definition of Statistical Matching""""File Treatment""; ""Constrained and Unconstrained Statistical Matching""; ""Choosing the Matching Variables""; ""EXAMPLES OF STATISTICAL MATCHES IN MICROSIMULATION MODELS""; ""The EM-AF Statistical Match""; ""Merge File of the Office of Tax Analysis""; ""1966 Merge File for Household Income Data""; ""Statistics Canada SCF-FEX Match""; ""AFDC-Census Match""; ""STATISTICAL MATCHING: ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS""; ""The Advantages of Statistical Matching""; ""Problems Associated With Statistical Matching""; ""Conditional Independence""
""Limitations in Modeling""""Error Resulting From the Distance Between X(A) and X(B)""; ""Reweighting of File B Data Resulting From Statistical Matching""; ""ALTERNATIVES TO STATISTICAL MATCHING""; ""Variance-Covariance Analysis""; ""Iterative Proportional Fitting""; ""More Data Collection""; ""Multiple Matching and File Concatenation""; ""Rough Sensitivity Analysis""; ""CONCLUDING NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Model Design""; ""3 Alternative Model Designs: Program Participation Functions and the Allocation of Annual to Monthly Values in TRIM2, MATH� ""; ""INTRODUCTION""
