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Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M)
The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model
(SPSD/M), Version 16.1 based on 2004 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 2013.
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 the Goods and Services Tax and other
commodity taxes) and cash transfer systems. The
SPSD/M assists analysts examining the potential
impacts of changes in taxes, earnings, demographic
trends, and a wide range of other factors.
The SPSD/M allows analysts to answer "what-if" types
of questions. What if there were changes to the
taxes Canadians paid or transfers they received,
such as 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?
As its name implies, the SPSD/M is comprised of both
a database (SPSD) and a model (SPSM). The SPSD is a
statistically-representative database of individuals
in their family context with enough information on
each individual to compute taxes paid to and cash
transfers received from federal and provincial
governments. It is created by statistically
combining data from survey and administrative
sources. The SPSM is a static accounting model which
processes each individual and family on the SPSD,
calculates transfers and taxes (including income,
payroll, and commodity taxes) using legislated or
proposed programs and algorithms, and reports on the
results. This microsimulation model can be run using
a visual interface and extensive documentation on
both SPSD and SPSM is included.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number
3889.
When the zipped file is uncompressed
(spsdm-v16_1-bdmsps.zip),
run X:\setup\setup.exe |
