Screen LibraryNew frontiers in microsimulation modelling
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
| Published: |
Ashgate,
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| Publisher Address: | Farnham, England Burlington, VT |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Public policy and social welfare ; v. 36 |
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| Carrier Form: | 635 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780754676478 (pbk.) 0754676471 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | C916 |
| CLC: |
C916-532 C934-532 |
| Call Number: | C934-532/N532/2007 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. "During the past 15 years microsimulation models have become firmly established as vital tools for analysis of the distributional impact of changes in government programmes. Across Europe, the US, Canada and Australia, microsimulation models are used extensively to assess who are the winners and losers from proposed policy reforms. Encouraged by the ever-increasing complexity of social and economic programmes, microsimulation models have become an essential part of the policy reform process, allowing identification of the magnitude of gains and losses from policy changes in such areas as taxation, social security, pensions and social services." "While the analysis of the distributional impact of tax and cash transfer changes in developed countries has for some decades been the "bread and butter" of microsirnulation modelling, microsimulation is now expanding into new frontiers."--Jacket. |