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PolicyEngine / policyengine-us

The PolicyEngine US Python package contains a rules engine of the US tax-benefit system, and microdata generation for microsimulation analysis.
https://policyengine.org/us
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CCDF #140

Open MaxGhenis opened 3 years ago

MaxGhenis commented 3 years ago

The Atlanta Fed anticipates having a full model of CCDF (Child Care and Development Fund, i.e. childcare subsidies) in the Policy Rules Database by the end of September.

It cost $10.3 billion between state and federal dollars in 2019.

MaxGhenis commented 3 years ago

Urban Institute has a CCDF Policy Database in Excel format, which I imported to Google Sheets here. Here's the documentation.

The Policy Rules Database documentation says that:

For example, the Urban Institute publishes annual data sets of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies but reflect outdated policy rules. These data sets also make extensive use of footnotes, which means these data can’t be easily used in software algorithms.

However, the structure of the file could be useful for how we structure the parameters. Though note that there are a ton of parameters in the spreadsheet that won't be relevant for our modeling of net income/MTRs. @tolaouk