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The Daily. Thursday, February 1, 2001

Social policy simulation database and model

The Social policy simulation database and model Version 8.1, based on 1996 microdata, is now available. 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. Since 1985, the SPSD/M has been produced as an occasional product. 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 analyse the financial interactions of governments with individuals and 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 helps researchers examining the potential impacts of changes in taxes, earnings, demographic trends and a wide range of other factors. It can be used to study federal and provincial tax and transfer changes from 1984 through 2005.

The SPSD/M allows users to answer "what-if" questions. For example, if there were a change 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?

Social policy simulation database and model Version 8.1 (89F0002XCB, $5,000/$12,500) is now available on CD-ROM. See How to order products.

To order this product, or for more information, contact Brian Murphy (613-951-3769; spsdm@statcan.gc.ca), Social and Economic Studies Division.


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