The course will cover the following topics:
– General introduction to micro-simulation modelling in the social sciences
– Static non-behavioural tax-benefit microsimulation: General structure and an introduction to the EUROMOD simulation platform
– Behavioural static labour supply models using EUROMOD: Specification options, estimation issues, applications to the microsimulation of reforms.
– Dynamic microsimulation models: General structure, estimation issues and an introduction to NETLOGO.
– Agent-based models: General structure and their relationship to dynamic microsimulation, estimation issues.
Presented by:
Matteo Richiardi, Miko Tammik, Diego Collado & Katrin Gasior
Date & time:
July 22, 2019 7:15 am - August 2, 2019 4:45 pm
Venue:
University of Essex