On weights in dynamic-ageing microsimulation models
- Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium
- CESO, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg
- Australian National University, Australia
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as: G. Dekkers, R. Cumpston; 2012; On weights in dynamic-ageing microsimulation models; International Journal of Microsimulation; 5(2); 59-65.
doi: 10.34196/ijm.00072
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Example of the alternative strategy.
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Weighted and unweighted person projections.
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Table 1
50-year projections using unweighted and weighted data.
| Weighted Data | Alignment | Moves | Runtime (seconds) | Runtime as % of unweighted | Average number of records as % of unweighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | No | Yes | 39.07 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Yes | No | Yes | 31.35 | 80.2% | 81.6% |
| Yes | Strategy 1 | Yes | 32.60 | 83.4% | 83.0% |
| Yes | Strategy 3 | Yes | 32.49 | 83.2% | 82.3% |
| No | No | No | 31.58 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Yes | No | No | 19.72 | 62.4% | 57.9% |
| Yes | Strategy 1 | No | 20.52 | 65.0% | 60.5% |
| Yes | Strategy 3 | No | 20.12 | 63.7% | 58.5% |
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