Directory: Social policy simulation database and model - Version 14.0

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	 staff and students for non-commercial study and research by DLI
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Summary: 
The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model, Version 10.2 based on
1998 microdata is now available. The most recent SPSD/M can be used to
study the impacts of changes to federal and provincial tax and benefit
programs on families and governments from 1988 through 2009. 

The SPSD/M is a static microsimulation model. It is comprised of a
database, a series of tax/transfer algorithms and models, analytical
software and user documentation. The SPSD/M has been produced as an
occasional product starting in 1985. It has been in wide use by policy
analysts in Canada studying virtually every change to the tax and
transfer system since that time. 

The SPSD/M is a tool designed to analyze the financial interactions of
governments and individuals/families in Canada. It allows estimation of
the income redistributive effects or cost implications of changes in the
personal taxation and cash transfer system. The SPSD/M assists
researchers examining the potential impacts of changes in taxes,
earnings, demographic trends, and a wide range of other factors. 

The SPSD/M allows us to answer "what-if" types of questions. What if
there were changes to the taxes Canadians paid or transfers they
received -- who would gain and who would lose? Would single parent
households in a particular province be better off? By how much? How much
extra money would federal or provincial governments collect or pay out? 

The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) version 10.2 is
available on CD-ROM (89-F0002-XCB, $5,000/$12,500). To order a copy,
contact Dominique Paré- Champoux (613) 951-1782 or at
dominique.pare-champoux@statcan.ca). 

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data
quality of this release, contact Brian Murphy (613) 951-3769;
spsdm@statcan.ca), Socio-Economic Analysis and Modeling Division. 

Hyperlink to http://www.statcan.ca/english/spsd/spsdm.htm 
Files: spsdm-v10-2-bdmsps.zip 28.0M  
 spsdm-v10-2-gid.pdf  332 k


Download date:
November 17, 2005
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