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distributional tables currently use AGI as the tab variable. Instead they should use an \"expanded income\" measure that more accurately reflects economic well being. \r\n\r\nOur first step should be to get close to JCT's measure of expanded income. We should be able to get the data from the source listed in the parenthesis. \r\n\r\nExpanded income = \r\nAdjusted gross income (puf)\r\n+ tax-exempt interest (puf)\r\n+ workers' compensation (cps)\r\n+ nontaxable social security benefits (puf: gross-taxable) \r\n+ excluded income of U.S. citizens living abroad (?)\r\n+ value of Medicare benfits in excess of premiums paid (?)\r\n+ minimum tax preferences (puf or [OTA paper](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/tax-analysis/Documents/ota87.pdf))\r\n+ employer contributions for health plans (aligned MEPS + CPS)\r\n+ employer contributions to life insurance (?)\r\n+ employer share of payroll taxes (puf)\r\n\r\nThe main outstanding items are\r\n- [x] Aggregate all of the items from the puf\r\n- [ ] Impute minimum tax preferences from [OTA paper](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/tax-analysis/Documents/ota87.pdf)\r\n- [ ] Impute employer contributions for health plans\r\n- [ ] Find and exploit sources for the ?s\r\n\r\nUseful docs:\r\n\r\n- [JCT: Overview of the definition of income used by the staff of the joint committee on taxation in distributional analyses](https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=4408)\r\n- [TPC: Measuring income for distributional analysis](http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/UploadedPDF/412871-measuring-income.pdf)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/comments/228891622","html_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/222#issuecomment-228891622","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/222","id":228891622,"user":{"login":"feenberg","id":8114261,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8114261?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg","html_url":"https://github.com/feenberg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/feenberg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-06-27T22:11:42Z","updated_at":"2016-06-27T22:11:42Z","body":"\nAttached is the information I used several years ago. It gives the \nprobability of have employer sponsored health insurance by income class \nmarital status and presence of children, and shows the average value of \nthe insurance. It doesn't have a distribution about the mean, though, and \nI don't know if I can get an updated set of figures.\n\ndan\n\nOn Mon, 27 Jun 2016, Matt Jensen wrote:\n\n> \n> I learned from Dan that Gruber might be a source of imputation coefficients that we\n> can use employer contributions for health plans.\n> \n> —\n> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.\n> Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the\n> thread.[AHvQVayDl-hcZuLhfU9_aECimz_Ezo-Zks5qQEVAgaJpZM4D7PaU.gif]\n> \n> \n>\n1           1       0      19.8        3777                    669\r\n1           1       1      10.7        8060                    2743\r\n1           2       0      21.7        7717                    2528\r\n1           2       1      11.6        8705                    2269\r\n2           1       0      40.4        3632                    690\r\n2           1       1      32.6        7167                    2595\r\n2           2       0      36.6        7244                    2790\r\n2           2       1      25.3        7412                    2723\r\n3           1       0      69.6        4321                    804\r\n3           1       1      68.9        8838                    3199\r\n3           2       0      73.7        7720                    3001\r\n3           2       1      62.4        8347                    3172\r\n4           1       0      81.5        4947                    919\r\n4           1       1      79.8       10584                    3951\r\n4           2       0      87.9        8409                    2690\r\n4           2       1      85.2        9698                    3628\r\n5           1       0      85.5        5223                    942\r\n5           1       1      91.2       11464                    3554\r\n5           2       0      92.6        8514                    2789\r\n5           2       1      91.5       10404                    3651\r\n6           1       0      83.8        5370                    1048\r\n6           1       1      90.0       10139                    4769\r\n6           2       0      93.4        9070                    2609\r\n6           2       1      94.7       11162                    3886\r\n7           1       0      87.3        5645                    1049\r\n7           1       1      88.0       13786                    3552\r\n7           2       0      91.0        9619                    2783\r\n7           2       1      91.5       11784                    4249\r\nIncome     MARS  Kids    ESI Odds   Avrg Employer Spending    Avrg Household Spending\r\n"}}
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