Thoughts from a user of results of Statistics Canada's LifePaths Microsimulation Model

Jacques Légaré

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: As for more than ten years, my name has been many time associated with Statistics Canada’s LifePaths Microsimulation Model, I was asked to give my thoughts on it at the Seminar “On the Varieties of Computer Modeling: A Toolbox Approach to Analysis and Decision Making” organized by the Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster in Gatineau (Québec) on September 28, 2011. After a narration of how I became user of results of LifePaths, I give a few examples that lead me to uncertainty because I am questioning my trust regarding methods and models used as well as data used.

Keywords: Canada; LifePaths; Microsimulation; Projections; GSS 2002 and 2007; CCHS 2003 and 2005 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C18 J11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2012-02
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