A Brief Survey of Behavioral Modeling in Micro Simulation Models
- Department of Economics, Sweden
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as: A. Klevmarken; 2022; A Brief Survey of Behavioral Modeling in Micro Simulation Models; International Journal of Microsimulation; 15(1); 78-88.
doi: 10.34196/ijm.00251
Tables
Table 1
Static models with behavioral modeling
| Model | References | Country | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATS | Bridges and Johnston (1976) | USA | Program participation |
| MATH | Beebout (1977) Kidd (1979) Doyle and Whitmore (1982) Beebout (1986) | USA | Demographics and labor supply, Program participation |
| KGB | Betson et al. (1982) O’Reilly (1977) | USA | Labor supply Program participation |
| TRIM | Webb (1979) Webb and Chow (1978) | USA | |
| TAXSIM | Feldstein (1983) | USA | Labor supply, demand for housing, charitable giving |
| Sfb3 | Galler and Wagner (1986) | FRG | |
| Sfb3 | Merz (1985); Merz (1986) | FRG | |
| MICSIM | Merz (1989a); Merz (1989b); Merz (1990); Merz (1989b); Merz and Buxmann (1990) Merz and Buxmann (1990) | FRG | Labor supply |
| Bekkering et al. (1986); Grift et al. (1991) | NE | Labor supply | |
| Chernick et al. (1987) | USA | Health insurance and demand for medical services | |
| van Soest (1989) | NE | Labor supply | |
| Kapteyn et al. (1989) | NE | Labor supply | |
| Grift et al. (1991) | NE | Labor supply | |
| TAXBEN/ SPAIN | Giles and McCrae (1995) Johnson et al. (1990) Duncan (1991) | UK | Labor supply |
| CNAF | Grignon and Pennec (1998) | F | Fertility, housing |
| INDICE | Patrizii and Rossi (1991) | I | Household expenditures - indirect taxes |
| INDIMOD | Baldini (1995) | I | Household expenditures - indirect taxes |
| ASTER | Decoster et al. (1994) | B | Household expenditures- indirect taxes |
| POLIMOD | Redmond et al. (1995); Sutherland (1995) | UK | Labor supply |
Table 2
General dynamic models with behavioral relations
| Model | References | Country |
|---|---|---|
| DYNASIM | Orcutt et al. (1976) | USA |
| DYNASIM II | Johnson and Zedlewski (1982); Johnson et al. (1983); Zedlewski (1990) Wertheimer et al. (1986) | USA |
| MICROSIM | McKay (1978) | USA |
| MICROSIM/MASS | Orcutt and Smith (1979) | USA |
| Sfb3-MSM | Helberger (1982) Hain and Helberger (1986) Galler and Wagner (1986) Galler (1989) | FRG |
| CORSIM | Caldwell (1988); Caldwell (1993) | USA |
| HARDING | Harding (1990); Harding (1993) | UK, AUS |
| DEMOGEN | Wolfson (1990) | CAN |
| LIFEMOD | Falkingham and Lessof (1991); Falkingham and Lessof (1992) | UK |
| MOSART | Andreassen et al. (1992); Andreassen (1993); Andreassen et al. (1993); Andreassen et al. (1994) | N |
| MICROHUS | Klevmarken et al. (1992) Klevmarken and Olovsson (1996) | S |
| DYNAMOD | Antcliff (1993) | AUS |
| NEDYMAS | Nelissen (1994) | NE |
Table 3
Specialized models with behavioral relations
| Model | References | Country | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFV-ATP | Eriksen (1973); Klevmarken (1973), | S | Life cycle earnings demographic transitions |
| Mikropolis | Bekkering et al. (1989) | NE | Labor supply labor demand |
| PRISIM | Kennel and Sheils (1986); Kennel and Sheils (1990) | USA | Decision to retire and accept pension benefits |
| Atherton et al. (1990) | USA | Local residential telephone demand | |
| SPEND | Baker (1991) | UK | Energy demand |
| SPIT | Baker and Symons (1991) | UK | Household consumption - indirect taxation |
| Erksoy (1992a); Erksoy (1992b); Erksoy (1994) | CAN | Unemployment | |
| Baekgaard (1993) | DK | Demand for child care | |
| Merz (1993) | FRG | Market and nonmarket labor supply | |
| Bekkering (1995) | NE | Labor market (demographic and educational transitions by constant probabilities) | |
| Symons and Warren (1996) | AUS | Household consumption behavior | |
| TOPSIM I | Holm et al. (1996) | S | Regional demography |
| Fransson (1997) | S | Household formation and housing market |
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