The MicSim package of R: An entry-level toolkit for continuous-time microsimulation
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Rostock, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories Bamberg, Germany
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as: S. Zinn; 2014; The MicSim package of R: An entry-level toolkit for continuous-time microsimulation; International Journal of Microsimulation; 7(3); 3-32.
doi: 10.34196/ijm.00105
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Figure 1
Sketch of a life-course of a male who is part of the initial population on January 1, 2000. At this time he is a = 10.9 years old, never married, and childless. On May 5, 2013, 13.3 years after he had entered the virtual population, he marries; and after 19.6 years he becomes father for the first time.
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Table 1
Example state space: State variables and their corresponding values. (Value labels, subsequently used, are given in parentheses)
| State Variable | Possible Values |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female (f), male (m) |
| Marital status | never married (NM), married (M), divorced (D), widowed (W) |
| Fertility status | childless (0), one child (1), two children (2), three and more children (3+) |
| educational attainment | no education (no), primary education only (low), lower secondary school (med), upper secondary or tertiary education (high) |
| Mortality | Alive, dead (dead) |
| Emigration | Not emigrated, emigrated (rest) |
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