Arbeitspapier

MICSIM - concept, developments and applications of a PC-microsimulation model for research and teaching

It is the growing societal interest about the individual and its behaviour in our and modern societies which is asking for microanalyses about the individual situation. In order to allow these microanalyses on a quantitative and empirically based level microsimulation models were developed and increasingly used for economic and social policy impact analyses. Though microsimulation is known and applied (mainly by experts), an easy to use and powerful PC microsimulation model is hard to find.The overall aim of this study and of MICSIM - A PC Microsimulation Model is to describe and offer such a user-friendly and powerful general microsimulation model for (almost) any PC, to support the impact microanalyses both in applied research and teaching. Above all, MICSIM is a general microdata handler for a wide range of typical microanalysis requirements. This paper presents the concept, developments and applications of MICSIM. After some brief remarks on microsimulation characteristics in general, the concept and substantive domains of MICSIM: the simulation, the adjustment and aging, and the evaluation of microdata, aredescribed by its mode of operation in principle. The realisations and developments of MICSIM then are portrayed by the different versions of the computer program. Some MICSIM applications and experiences in research and teaching are following with concluding remarks.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: FFB Diskussionspapier ; No. 14

Classification
Wirtschaft
Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs: General
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
Household Behavior: General
Distribution: General
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
Subject
Economic and Social Policy Analyses
Microsimulation (dynamic and static)
Simulation
Adjustment and Evaluation of Microdata
PC Computer Program for Microanalyses in General
Wirtschafts- und sozialpolitische Analysen
Mikrosimulation (dynamische und statische)
Simulation
Hochrechnung und Auswertung von Mikrodaten
PC Computerprogramm für Mikroanalysen generell

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Merz, Joachim
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Lüneburg, Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB)
(where)
Lüneburg
(when)
1995

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Merz, Joachim
  • Universität Lüneburg, Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB)

Time of origin

  • 1995

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