The Arithmetic of Tax and Social Security Reform

A User's Guide to Microsimulation Methods and Analysis

Gerry Redmond author Moira Wilson author Holly Sutherland author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:1st Oct '98

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A comprehensive assessment of the theory and workings of the POLIMOD tax-benefit model.

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 provides a comprehensive assessment of its theory and workings.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.

ISBN: 9780521632249

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm

Weight: 600g

318 pages