Directory: Social policy simulation database and model - Version 14.0 
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non-commercial study and research by DLI license agreement. 
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Social Policy Simulation Database and Model Version 14.1 Previous
release 

The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M), Version 14.1,
based on 2002 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 1991 through 2010. 

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 (including GST and other commodity taxes) 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? 

For more information please refer to the Installation guide. 

Files: 
spsdm-v14-bdmsps - the compressed data and documentation 
spsdm-v14-gid - SPSDM 14 User Guide (PDF)