clear all set more off set maxvar 10000 set mem 1000m *Set path *** *Set path *** *cd ---- specify path to \data_replication\scf\ local rawdata "./raw_data" local procdata "./proc_data" *Merge Raw and Summary data use "`rawdata'/p16i6.dta", clear joinby YY1 Y1 using "`rawdata'/rscfp2016.dta", unmatched(both) tab _merge drop _merge *************************************************************************************** *INCOME & TAXSIM *************************************************************************************** *Generate tax year g year = 2016 *Generate state g state = 0 *Generate marital status g mstat = cond(X8023 != 1, 1, 2) *Number of dependents (kids) per tax form. g depx=(X108>=4 & X108<=13)*(X110 < 19) +/* */(X114>=4 & X114<=13)*(X116 < 19) +/* */(X120>=4 & X120<=13)*(X122 < 19) +/* */(X126>=4 & X126<=13)*(X128 < 19) +/* */(X132>=4 & X132<=13)*(X134 < 19) +/* */(X202>=4 & X202<=13)*(X204 < 19) +/* */(X208>=4 & X208<=13)*(X210 < 19) +/* */(X214>=4 & X214<=13)*(X216 < 19) +/* */(X220>=4 & X220<=13)*(X222 < 19) *Number of dependents under age 17 g depchild = (X108>=4 & X108<=13)*(X110 < 17) +/* */(X114>=4 & X114<=13)*(X116 < 17) +/* */(X120>=4 & X120<=13)*(X122 < 17) +/* */(X126>=4 & X126<=13)*(X128 < 17) +/* */(X132>=4 & X132<=13)*(X134 < 17) +/* */(X202>=4 & X202<=13)*(X204 < 17) +/* */(X208>=4 & X208<=13)*(X210 < 17) +/* */(X214>=4 & X214<=13)*(X216 < 17) +/* */(X220>=4 & X220<=13)*(X222 < 17) gen pwages=max(wageinc+bussefarminc,0)*0.75 gen swages=max(wageinc+bussefarminc,0)*0.25 g gssi = max(ssretinc,0) //together wife and head *Transfers gen transfers=max(transfothinc,0) *Adjust for pension contributions *Couldn't find the right codes for 1998 (codes may be changing in time?) *Adjusted using average rate from PSID replace pwages=0.94*pwages replace swages=0.94*swages *Taxsim taxsim9,replace *Compute total income before tax gen pretax_income = pwages + swages + transfers + gssi *Compute disposable income rename fiitax federalTax rename siitax stateTax gen inc = pretax_income - federalTax - stateTax *Adjust using equivalence scales (OECD) gen size_fam=X101 gen nr_adult = size_fam-depchild gen equiv = 1.0 + 0.7*(nr_adult-1) + 0.5*depchild save "`procdata'/taxsim2016.dta", replace