TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Microsimulation To Help Design Pilot Demonstrations
T2 - An Illustration From the Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project
AU - Greenberg, David H.
AU - Long, David
AU - Meyer, Daniel
AU - Michalopoulos, Charles
AU - Robins, Philip K.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - This article describes how microsimulation analysis was used to help design a social experiment currently being conducted in two provinces in Canada. To the authors’ knowledge, microsimu lation has never been used before for this purpose, although the technique has been used to assist development of a couple of nonexperimental demonstration programs. For the Canadian experiment, the microsimulation analysis was used primarily for choosing among alternative program models and for refining the selected model, but it had other important uses, such as helping to project the potential financial liability to the Canadian government. The authors conclude that microsimulation should be given serious consideration in the design of future experiments, whenever an appropriate simulation model is available.
AB - This article describes how microsimulation analysis was used to help design a social experiment currently being conducted in two provinces in Canada. To the authors’ knowledge, microsimu lation has never been used before for this purpose, although the technique has been used to assist development of a couple of nonexperimental demonstration programs. For the Canadian experiment, the microsimulation analysis was used primarily for choosing among alternative program models and for refining the selected model, but it had other important uses, such as helping to project the potential financial liability to the Canadian government. The authors conclude that microsimulation should be given serious consideration in the design of future experiments, whenever an appropriate simulation model is available.
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U2 - 10.1177/0193841X9501900606
DO - 10.1177/0193841X9501900606
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973820115
VL - 19
SP - 687
EP - 706
JO - Evaluation Review
JF - Evaluation Review
SN - 0193-841X
IS - 6
ER -