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Program
"Microsimulation: Bridging Data and Policy"
June 8th to 10th, 2009Government Conference Centre
2 Rideau Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 8X5
Day 1 - Monday, June 8
| Lobby | 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration |
| Main Hall | 09:00 - 09:15 | Opening Remarks |
| Main Hall | 09:15 - 10:00 | Keynote Speaker John Sheils Senior Vice President of The Lewin Group |
| Main Lounge | 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 1A |
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| Health I Annex Room 1st floor |
A simulated reference for estimated fetal weight (EFW) Robert W Platt (McGill University), Jennifer A Hutcheon (McGill University), Michael S Kramer (McGill University), Haim A Abenhaim (McGill University), KS Joseph (Dalhousie University), Luc Villandre (Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute) Geir Jacobsen (University of Trondheim, Norway) Pal Romundstad (University of Trondheim, Norway) |
| An application of spatial microsimulation modelling: spatial analyses of obesity and cancer (UK) and the policy implications Kim Edwards, Graham Clark, James Thomas and David Forman (University of Leeds, UK) |
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| Economic Model System of Chronic Diseases: the Prototype Agnes Walker and James Butler (Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health, Australian National University) and Prof Stephen Colagiuri (Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, University of Sydney) |
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| Methodology: Data Gatineau Room 4th floor |
Benefit reform – a dynamic microsimulation approach using administrative data Simon Gault (Model Development Unit, Department for Work and Pensions, UK) |
| Dealing with incomplete household panel data in microsimulation models Joachim R. Frick (DIW Berlin, TU Berlin, IZA Bonn), Olaf Groh-Samberg (DIW Berlin), Markus M. Grabka (DIW Berlin, TU Berlin) |
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| The construction of gross income variables of eusilc (eu statistics on income and living conditions) in Italy: a mixed strategy using microsimulation and administrative data Gabriella Donatiello (ISTAT, Rome, Italy), Gianni Betti (University of Siena, Italy), Paolo Consolini (ISTAT Rome, Italy) |
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| The importance of the database in tax/transfer modeling Shawna Brown, Jackson Chung, Chantal Hicks and Laurie Plager (Statistics Canada) |
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| Child Care Sussex Lounge 1st floor |
Finnish women at the mercy of economic turns? Assessing the effects of childcare policies Anita Haataja (Senior Researcher, The Social Insurance Institution, Research Department, Helsinki, Finland) and Elina Pylkkänen (Financial Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, Tax Department, Finland) |
| Taxing Care: alternatives for the non-working spouse compensation in the Belgian tax system Joris Ghysels, Josefine Van Hille and Gerlinde Verbist (University of Antwerp, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy) |
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| Measuring the size and impact of support for children through taxes and benefits in comparative perspective Francesco Figari, Horacio Levy, Christine Lietz, Alari Paulus and Holly Sutherland (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, R.‑U.) |
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| Taxation I Sussex Room 1st floor |
A distributive impact assessment of housing taxation in Italy Simone Pellegrino (University of Torino, School of Economics, Department of Economics and Public Finance, Torino (TO), ITALY), Massimiliano Piacenza (University of Torino, School of Economics, Department of Economics and Public Finance, Torino (TO), ITALY), Gilberto Turati (University of Torino, School of Economics, Department of Economics and Public Finance, Torino (TO), ITALY) |
| Labour Market, Demographic and Policy Drivers of Inequality in the Baltic States Tatjana Stirling (National University of Ireland, Galway and Department of Work and Pensions London) and Cathal O'Donoghue (Rural Economy Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway and IZA) |
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| Who Is the Winner and Loser of Environmental Tax Reform? Milan Ščasný (Charles University Prague, Environment Center, Czech Republic) |
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| The reform of social minima in France: waste of resources or efficiency gain? Amedeo Spadaro (Paris School of Economics), Luciano Canova (Paris School of Economics) and Luca Piccoli (Paris School of Economics) |
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| Labour Models Centennial Room 5th floor |
Simulating multilevel labor markets Carlos R. García-Alonso and Gabriel M. Pérez-Alcalá (ETEA, Business Administration Faculty, SPAIN) |
| LaMPsim - an open source microsimulation tool in development Fredrik Jansson Dahlén (Head of Research Unit, Swedish Public Employment Service) |
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| Long Term Income Inequality in Italy Matteo Richiardi (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy) and Lisa Sella (Università di Torino, Torino, Italy) |
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| Tax wedge and labour demand: a microsimulation analysis Rossella Bardazzi (professor, University of Florence, Italy) and Leonardo Ghezzi (researcher, IRPET, Italy) |
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| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| Main Hall | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Session 1B |
| Population Health Annex Room 1st floor |
Projecting incidence of acute myocardial infarction using microsimulation William Flanagan, Douglas Lee, Doug Manuel, Philippe Finès, Claude Nadeau, Walter Omariba, Jillian Oderkirk |
| Modeling and micro-simulation of obesity and physical activity inCanada Claude Nadeau (Statistics Canada), Geoff Rowe (Statistics Canada), Ron Wall, Public Health Agency of Canada, Mark Tremblay (CHEO), Doug Manuel (OHRI & Statistics Canada), Didier Garriguet (Statistics Canada), William M. Flanagan (Statistics Canada), Jillian Oderkirk (Statistics Canada), Steve Gribble (Statistics Canada), Jan Wadell-Trumble (Public Health Agency of Canada) |
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| Microsimulation of osteoarthritis in Canada – Case study of a chronic disease in Canada Philippe Finès, Jacek A. Kopec, William M. Flanagan, Eric C. Sayre, and Md. Mushfiqur Rahman (Statistics Canada, HIRD, Pohem) |
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| Modeling Techniques I Gatineau Room 4th floor |
A Match Made in Silicon: Marriage Matching Algorithms for Longitudinal Dynamic Microsimulation (DYNACAN team) Rick Morrison (DYNACAN team) and Howard Redway (PENSIM2 team) |
| Acceleration, alignment and matching in multi-purpose household microsimulations Richard Cumpston (JR Cumpston Pty Ltd, consulting actuaries, and a PhD student at the Australian National University) |
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| Unobserved Heterogeneity in Microsimulation Models: an assessment Roberto Leombruni and Matteo Richiardi |
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| Longitudinal benchmarking and alignment of a dynamic microsimulation model Simon Kelly, Richard Percival (NATSEM, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia) |
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| Elderly Care Sussex Lounge 1st floor |
Elderly disability and changes in family support: microsimulation forFrance in 2025 Davin Bérengère, (Department of Economics, University of the Mediterranean, INSERM Unit 912 and PACA Regional Center for Disease Control, Alain Paraponaris (Department of Economics, University of the Mediterranean, INSERM Unit 912 and PACA Regional Center for Disease Control), Sophie Thiebaut (CNRS GREQAM / INSERM Unit 912 and PACA Regional Center for Disease Control), Bruno Ventelou (CNRS GREQAM / INSERM Unit 912 and PACA Regional Center for Disease Control) |
| Moving from a dynamic cohort microsimulation model to a dynamic population microsimulation model: an incremental approach for a UK model of long-term care for older people Ruth Hancock and Marcello Morciano, (Health Economics Group, Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia, UK), Chris Curry, (Pensions Policy Institute, UK), and Raphael Wittenberg and Linda Pickard (Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics, UK) |
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| Primary care in an ageing society. Building a micro-simulation model for policy purposes Peter Davis (Social Statistics Research Group, University of Auckland, New Zealand) |
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| Using dynamic microsimulation models to face the policy issue of caring for the most vulnerable elderly: a comparison of Canada with some Europeans countries Yann Décarie, Jacques Légaré, Patrick Charbonneau, Janice Keefe, Joëlle Gaymu and the (FELICIE team) |
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| Corporate Taxation Sussex Room 1st floor |
Corporate taxation and firm investment decisions: a microsimulation study of the impact of recent reforms in Italy Simona Balzano, Daniela Federici and Valentino Parisi (University of Cassino, Italy) |
| Canada’s Federal Corporate Income Tax: A Microsimulation Model Marc Morin-Séguin, Department of Finance Canada |
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| Taxation of closely held corporations – efficiency aspects Peter Ericson and Johan Fall (Confederation of Swedish Enterprise) |
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| Labour Supply and Women Centennial Room 5th floor |
Quebec ’s 2008 Tax Reform: Impact on Social Well-being Nicholas-James Clavet Jean-Yves Duclos, Bernard Fortin, et Sami Bibi (Université Laval, Québec, Canada) |
| Evaluation of an In-work Tax Credit Reform in Sweden: Effects on Labor Supply and Welfare Participation of Single Mothers Rolf Aaberge (Research Department, Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway) and Lennart Flood (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg) |
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| How can Spanish married woman be encouraged to work? Xisco Oliver, (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca) and Amedeo Spadaro (PSE, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (Joint Research Unit CNRS-EHESS-ENPC-ENS), Paris, and Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca) |
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| From housewives to independent earners: can the tax system help Italian women to work? Francesco Figari (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK) |
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| Spatial I Rideau Room 5th floor |
Development of a Static Farm-level SpatialMicrosimulation Model to Analyse On- and Off- Farm Activities of Dutch Farmers Eveline Van Leeuwen and Jasper Dekkers (VU University Amsterdam) |
| Assessing the Sustainability of Irish Farming across Space Using Spatial Microsimulation Techniques Stephen Hynes, Emma Dillon, Thia Hennessy and Cathal O’Donoghue (Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc, Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland) |
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| Inequality in Australia: Does region matter? Riyana Miranti (presenting author), Rebecca Cassells, Yogi Vidyattama, Justine McNamara, NATSEM, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia |
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| Micro-Simulation of Literacy Levels with Spatial Effects Using the Canadian Census Richard Shillington and Mike McCracken (Informetrica Limited) |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 | Break |
| Main Lounge | |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Session 1C |
| Health Status Annex Room 1st floor |
HealthPaths Dynamics 1 – Estimating Multivariate Trajectories of Functional Health over the Life Course Geoff Rowe and Michael Wolfson (Statistics Canada) |
| HealthPaths Dynamics 2 – Using Functional Health Trajectories to Quantify the Sources of Health Inequalities Michael Wolfson and Geoff Rowe (Statistics Canada) |
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| Modeling Health Status for Microsimulation Julie Topoleski, Ignez Tristao, and Joyce Manchester (U.S. Congressional Budget Office) |
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| Development of a dynamic microsimulation model to investigate how to best compress morbidity in older Australians and optimise ageing Laurie Brown, Binod Nepal, Ann Harding (NATSEM, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia) Heather Booth (Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, ANU, Canberra, Australia), Kaarin J. Anstey (Centre for Mental Health Research, ANU, Canberra, Australia) and Sophie Pennec (INED, Paris, France) |
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| Cities Gatineau Room 4th floor |
A dynamic spatial microsimulation model of local populations M.H. Birkin, B.M. Wu and P. H. Rees (School of Geography, University of Leeds) |
| Investigating the link between urban poverty and transport in metro manila through spatial microsimulation Noriel Christopher C. Tiglao (National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines Diliman) |
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| Simulating Cities: The ILUTE Project Eric J. Miller (University of Toronto Cities Centre) |
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| Taxation II Sussex Room 1st floor |
Distributional implications of income tax evasion in Greece, Italy and Hungary Manos Matsaganis (Athens University of Economics and Business), Dóra Benedek (Ministry of Finance, Republic of Hungary), Maria Flevotomou (Bank of Greece), Orsolya Lelkes (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna), Daniela Mantovani and Sylwia Nienadowska (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) |
| Decomposition of Marginal Tax Rates in Canada Jackson Chung and Brian Murphy (Statistics Canada) |
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| Housing allowances and work incentives Pertti Honkanen (Resarcht Department of Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Helsinki) |
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| Labour Supply 1 Centennial Room 5th floor |
Behavioral micro-simulation model and labor supply in Luxembourg Frédéric Berger (CEPS/INSTEAD Luxembourg), Nizamul Islam (CEPS/INSTEAD Luxembourg), Philippe Liégeois (CEPS/INSTEAD) and Raymond Wagener (IGSS Luxembourg) |
| Labor supply and household formation: development of the LaborSim dynamic microsimulation model for Italy Matteo Richiardi (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy) and Ambra Poggi (Università di Milano, Milano, Italy) |
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| Optional Value Based Retirement Choice Modelling In Dynamic Microsimulation: The Irish Case Jinjing Li (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, the Netherlands) and Cathal O'Donoghue (Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc, National University of Ireland, Ireland) |
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| Simulating labour supply inEurope : Do responses differ across countries? Mathias Dolls (CGS, University of Cologne), Vanessa Draeger (CGS, University of Cologne), Dirk Neumann, CGS, University of Cologne, Andreas Peichl, (IZA Bonn) |
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| Demographic Projections - Population and Households Sussex Lounge 1st floor |
Household projection and its application to health/long-term care expenditures in Japan using INAHSIM-II Tetsuo Fukawa (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo) |
| An overview of Popsim, StatisticsCanada’s microsimulation model for demographic projections Éric Caron Malenfant (Statistics Canada) |
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| ScotSim: a household projection model Dr Paul Williamson and Mr Ashley McCormick (University of Liverpool, UK) |
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| 16:30 – 17:00 | Break |
| Main Lounge | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | AGM - Annual General Meeting |
| Main Hall |
