Reproducible archive for the thesis intitled: Three Essays on Taxes and Canadian Families

<p> This archive contains the codes used to produce all of the analysis included in the three chapters of the thesis. (2023-09-14) </p>

<p> The code makes use of two sources of data: the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator (created by Kevin Milligan of UBC) and the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD), a dataset hosted by Statistics Canada. </p>

<p> To reproduce the analysis, one must obtain a copy of the CTaCS, by contacting professor Milligan: <a href = "https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fkevin-milligan%2Fhome%2Fctacs&data=05%7C01%7CDataServices%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C864b4b68ffbd48526fb308dbbe05b5bf%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638312706985899410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XHOCMk07SEkp1loIDSLaAJEsneplIhU5Xq7kRrxLq4s%3D&reserved=0">https://sites.google.com/view/kevin-milligan/home/ctacs </a></p><p> The CTaCS is used in conjunction with the LAD and separately to produce illustrative simulations.</p>

<p>This archive can be used to reproduce the tables and graphs shown in the thesis, but the underlying source of data, the LAD, must be accessed by interested researchers in one of Statistics Canada's Research Data Centers. The process to gain access to such facilities is detailed here: <a href = "https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statcan.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fmicrodata%2Fdata-centres%2Faccess&data=05%7C01%7CDataServices%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C864b4b68ffbd48526fb308dbbe05b5bf%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638312706985899410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ByQFlG%2BDsHSEKrpMx4PkJHKmcg5nq9P7GvXikLpJ4OE%3D&reserved=0">https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/microdata/data-centres/access</a></p>

<p>The archive contains code in R and Stata.</p>