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Imputing individual effects in dynamic microsimulation models an application to household formation and labour market participation in Italy

  1. Matteo Richiardi  Is a corresponding author
  2. Ambra Poggi  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Oxford Nuffield College, United Kingdom
  2. Collegio Carlo Alberto and LABORatorio Revelli, Italy
  3. LABORatorio Revelli, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Research article
Cite this article as: M. Richiardi, A. Poggi; 2014; Imputing individual effects in dynamic microsimulation models an application to household formation and labour market participation in Italy; International Journal of Microsimulation; 7(2); 3-39. doi: 10.34196/ijm.00099
8 figures and 9 tables

Figures

Distribution of the true and imputed (via the Rank method) individual effects. Parameterization: x~N(−0.5,2),β = β = 1, α~N(0,1),η~N(0,1).
Distribution of the true and imputed (via the Rank method) individual effects, first quintile of x. Parameterization: x~N(−0.5,2),β = β = 1, α~N(0,1),η~N(0,1).
Probability of graduating, high school (left panel) and university (right panel).

Source: Leombruni and Richiardi (2006).

Structure of the microsimulation model.
The education module.
The Household formation module (females only).
The employment module.
Projected participation rates, individuals aged 17–54.

Tables

Table 1
Application of the Rank method. It is assumed β = β.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
id y xβ^ y^ yy^ r(yy^) α˜ η˜ ε˜=α˜+η˜ r(ε˜) y˜
1 1 −0.49 0 1 1 −1.43 2.01 0.58 1 1
9 1 −0.05 0 1 2 2.36 −2.12 0.24 2 1
8 1 −0.39 0 1 3 0.22 −0.10 0.12 3 0
5 1 −1.38 0 1 4 2.02 −2.45 −0.43 4 0
6 1 −0.77 0 1 5 −0.76 0.16 −0.6 5 0
10 1 0.21 1 0 6 −1.35 0.27 −1.08 6 0
1 0 −2.79 0 0 7 0.29 −1.45 −1.16 7 0
2 0 −0.5 0 0 8 −1.87 0.06 −1.81 8 0
3 0 −0.37 0 0 9 −0.52 −1.85 −2.37 9 0
4 0 0.36 1 −1 10 0.79 −3.33 −2.54 10 0
Table 2
Participation rates by level of education, 2010.
Italy EU15
Men Women Men Women
%
Low education 64.5 32.6 67.3 46.4
Medium education 80.7 63.1 82.2 71.2
High education 86.5 77.5 90.4 84.0
TOTAL 73.6 51.2 78.8 65.6
  1. Source: our elaboration on Eurostat data

Table 3
Status at age 17.
In education Active Males Unemployed
North 79.8% 17.2% 8.6%
Centre 86.0% 10.4% 15.0%
South 82.3% 12.2% Females 46.9%
North 86.7% 12.1% 19.0%
Centre 86.8% 10.2% 35.0%
South 83.7% 9.9% 55.8%
  1. Source: our elaboration on Italian LFS data (2001).

Table 4
Enrolment.
Secondary School (Probit) University (Probit)
Coef SE Coef. SE
Female −0.008 0.069 0.113 * 0.055
Age −11.285 ** 2.665 0.691 ** 0.214
Age-squared 0.287 ** 0.070 −0.016 ** 0.004
Centre 0.090 0.098 0.010 0.070
South 0.087 0.081 0.110 ** 0.033
Year of birth 0.073 ** 0.021 0.036 ** 0.014
Constant −33.024 50.76 −77.856 ** 27.901
  1. Source: our elaboration on ECHP 1994–2001 data.

  2. *

    significant at 90% confidence level.

  3. **

    significant at 95% confidence level.

  4. *** significant at 99% confidence level

Table 5
Unemployment and male participation estimates (Table legend).
Unemployment Male participation
Probit Dynamic RE model Probit Dynamic RE model
Coef. Robust SE Coef. SE Coef. Robust SE Coef. SE
Lag (participation) --- --- --- --- 1.766 ** 0.052 0.799 ** 0.077
Lag (unemployment) 1.785 ** 0.026 1.123 ** 0.039 --- --- --- ---
Female 0.356 ** 0.022 0.592 ** 0.049 --- --- --- ---
Age −0.148 ** 0.009 −0.256 ** 0.020 0.130 ** 0.011 0.326 ** 0.026
Age^2 0.002 ** 0.0001 0.002 ** 0.000 −0.002 ** 0.000 −0.004 ** 0.000
High education −0.246 ** 0.038 −0.582 ** 0.083 0.287 ** 0.066 0.341 ** 0.115
Medium education −0.237 ** 0.022 −0.368 ** 0.045 0.110 ** 0.032 0.170 ** 0.058
Centre 0.283 ** 0.035 0.463 ** 0.078 −0.054 0.046 −0.104 0.088
South 0.783 ** 0.028 1.508 ** 0.065 −0.155 ** 0.035 −0.313 ** 0.069
Year of birth --- --- --- --- −0.006 0.007 0.010 0.014
Lag (student) 1.147 ** 0.043 0.504 ** 0.116 0.205 ** 0.061 −0.026 0.135
Unempl.rate 11.354 ** 1.585 10.076 ** 2.828 --- --- --- ---
_cons −0.167 0.229 1.403 ** 0.476 9.376 13.075 −24.420 27.245
σα --- 1.256 --- 1.071
  1. Source: our elaboration on ECHP 1994–2001 data.

  2. *

    significant at 90% confidence level.

  3. **

    significant at 95% confidence level.

  4. ***

    significant at 99% confidence level.

Table 6
Female participation and household formation estimates.
Female participation Living in consensual union
Probit Dynamic RE model Probit Dynamic RE model
Coef. Robust SE Coef. SE Coef. Robust SE Coef. SE
Lag (participation) 2.387 ** 0.027 1.417 ** 0.038 −0.049 0.033 −0.093 0.052
Lag (union) −0.417 ** 0.027 −0.595 ** 0.049 3.795 ** 0.043 3.010 ** 0.075
Lag (children under 3) −0.159 ** 0.032 −0.197 ** 0.050 0.347 ** 0.098 0.516 ** 0.122
Age 0.038 ** 0.007 0.087 ** 0.015 0.074 ** 0.010 0.263 ** 0.036
Age2 −0.001 ** 0.000 −0.001 ** 0.000 −0.001 ** 0.000 −0.003 ** 0.000
High education 0.808 ** 0.047 1.665 ** 0.093 −0.001 0.060 −0.170 0.093
Medium education 0.371 ** 0.021 0.775 ** 0.044 −0.029 0.032 −0.135 * 0.057
Centre −0.116 ** 0.027 −0.355 ** 0.064 0.052 0.042 0.145 * 0.073
South −0.270 ** 0.021 −0.738 ** 0.052 0.015 0.031 0.003 0.053
Year of birth 0.000 0.004 0.009 0.008 0.002 0.007 −0.026 0.014
Lag(student) 0.549 0.056 0.272 * 0.121 −0.530 ** 0.066 −0.706 ** 0.090
_cons −1.326 7.845 −19.025 16.684 −7.667 13.146 44.404 28.285
σα ---- 1.218 ---- 0.890
  1. Source: our elaboration on ECHP 1994–2001 data.

  2. *

    significant at 90% confidence level.

  3. **

    significant at 95% confidence level.

  4. ***

    significant at 99% confidence level.

Table 7
Birth probability estimates the sample includes only women aged 17–45.
Motherhood Probit
Coef. Robust SE
Lag (children under 3) −0.571 ** 0.050
Lag (no children) −0.371 ** 0.084
Lag (participation) −0.037 0.046
Lag (unemployment) −0.087 0.072
Lag (student) −0.216 0.153
Age 0.287 ** 0.043
Age2 −0.006 ** 0.001
High education 0.227 ** 0.072
Medium education 0.039 0.043
Centre 0.062 0.060
South 0.092 0.073
Fertility rate 11.716 * 5.106
Constant −4.628 ** 0.722
  1. Source: our elaboration on ECHP 1994–2001 data.

  2. *

    significant at 90% confidence level.

  3. **

    significant at 95% confidence level.

  4. ***

    significant at 99% confidence level.

Table 8
Validation results: female participation rates (%), individuals aged 17–54.
True data Simulated data
Dataset Probit Null Rank Unconditional
ECHP 1994 52.85
1995 53.22
1996 53.66
1997 53.80
1998 55.52
1999 55.49
2000 54.76
2001 56.24
EUSIC 2005 59.78 61.02 63.41 58.01 57.48
2006 60.28 61.77 63.83 57.91 57.89
2007 59.10 61.77 64.26 57.81 58.01
2008 60.07 62.34 64.06 57.78 57.93
Probability of participate at time t
if not participate at t-1 17.06 14.22 34.69 20.29 20.68
if participate at t-1 91.05 93.79 85.78 89.09 88.41
Probability of not participate at time t
if not participate at t-1 82.94 85.78 65.31 79.71 79.32
if participate at t-1 8.5 6.21 14.22 10.91 11.59
Table 9
Coefficients of lagged endogenous variables (standard errors in parenthesis), same probit models as for input estimation. Estimation is performed on couple of years (the third column reports averages over results from 2002–2003 to 2007–2008).
ECHP ECHP/sim sim
2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2008
Union unconditional 3.810 (0.087) 1.648 (0.019) 2.626 (0.034)
Null 3.810 (0.087) 2.285 (0.022) 2.150 (0.036)
Rank 3.810 (0.087) 3.111 (0.026) 2.826 (0.035)
Participation (males) unconditional 2.550 (0.075) 1.426 (0.024) 1.728 (0.033)
Null 2.550 (0.075) 1.901 (0.026) 1.763 (0.051)
Rank 2.550 (0.075) 2.599 (0.028) 1.858 (0.308)
Participation (females) unconditional 2.542 (0.056) 0.638 (0.015) 1.856 (0.024)
Null 2.542 (0.056) 0.974 (0.015) 0.938 (0.024)
Rank 2.542 (0.056) 2.057 (0.017) 1.990 (0.024)

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