The Social Policy Simulation Databaseand Model (SPSD/M)

The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) is a micro computer-based product designed to assist those interested in analyzing the financial interactions of governments and individuals in Canada. It can help one to assess the cost implications or income redistributive effects of changes in the personal taxation and cash transfer system. The SPSD/M is a non-confidential, statistically representative database of individuals in their family context, with enough information on each individual to compute taxes paid to and cash transfers received from government.

社会政策模拟数据库与模型（The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model，SPSD/M）是一款基于微型计算机的工具，旨在为对加拿大政府与个人之间财务互动分析感兴趣的人士提供支持。它能够帮助评估个人税收与现金转移支付体系变动所带来的成本影响或收入再分配效应。该数据库与模型为非保密性质，是具有统计代表性的家庭背景下个体数据库，包含充足的个体信息，可用于计算其向政府缴纳的税款及从政府获得的现金转移支付。