Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model

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In this paper we explore the income data in two surveys that underpin a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model. The simulated taxes and benefits using each dataset are compared with each other and with administrative data for a common time point. We explore discrepancies between the simulated and administrative data on personal income tax, with reference to the distribution of tax payers and the amount of tax simulated. Both surveys suffer from unit missing or item implausible cases for high income individuals. The paper concludes by highlighting the potential for administrative data to further enhance the quality of the model's underpinning dataset(s).

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-615-9
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2018/173

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Computational Techniques; Simulation Modeling ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access ; Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
• Thema: tax-benefit microsimulation ; income distribution ; South Africa

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Wright, Gemma Clare ; Barnes, Helen ; Noble, Michael ; McLennan, David ; Masekesa, Faith
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2018/615-9
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/211210
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ