Directory: Social policy simulation database and model - Version 8.0 License: Access restricted to University of Saskatchewan faculty, staff and students for non-commercial study and research by DLI license agreement. http://library.usask.ca/data/dli/dlilicense.html The Social policy simulation database and model: Version 8.0 (SPSD/M), which is based on 1996 microdata, is now available. The SPSD/M is a static microsimulation model. It comprises 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 since 1985. It has been widely used by policy analysts in Canada studying virtually every change to the tax and transfer system since then. Data/Documentation Download: September 14, 2000 WL.