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Application of Microsimulation Models in the Analysis of Taxes and Social Benefits in Croatia (AMMATSBC) is a research project run by the Institute of Public Finance and financed by the Croatian Science Foundation.1 One of the main goals of the project is to promote the use of microsimulation models in policy analysis and academic research in Croatia.
In pursuit of these aims, AMMATSBC researchers initiated the scientific workshop Social Protection Policies and Microsimulation held in Zagreb on June 12 and 13, 2017. The goal of the workshop was for the gathered researchers and policy makers to discuss the ways in which microsimulation models can be helpful in the evaluation and design of social policies, particularly child benefits and "make work pay" fiscal instruments.
The workshop brought together about...