JAMSIM: a Microsimulation Modelling Policy Tool

JAMSIM: a Microsimulation Modelling Policy Tool

JAMSIM (JAva MicroSIMulation) is an innovative synthesis of open source packages that provides an environment and set of features for the creation of dynamic discrete-time microsimulation models that are to be executed, manipulated and interrogated by non-technical, policy-oriented users. JAMSIM combines the leading open source statistical package R and one of the foremost agentbased modelling ...

Social Modelling and Public Policy: What is microsimulation modelling and how is it being used?

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of social modelling, and in particular a general introduction to and insight into the potential role and usefulness of microsimulation in analysing public policy. Despite having made a major contribution to the development of tax and cash transfer policies, there are many important areas of government policy to which microsimulation has not yet be...

Policy analysis through microsimulation: the STATS model.

This article gives a nontechnical introduction to a microsimulation model developed by the Social Security Administration to consider the effects of tax and benefit proposals on the economic status of population groups. This model, the Simulated Tax and Transfer System (STATS) model, uses information from a nationally representative survey of households to calculate taxes or benefits for thousa...

Microsimulation Models for Disaster Policy Making

Two executable simulation models for answering policy questions were designed and implemented. The first for a flood management case, and the second for a disease transmission case that is currently underway. The flood simulation model differs from earlier natural disaster simulation models in several respects. It represents explicitly the geographical location and the economic strength of each...

Dynamic Microsimulation for Public Policy Analysis