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To help researchers, policy analysts, and interested members of the public gain better understanding of the Worker Paid Leave Usage Simulation (Worker PLUS) Model and its applications in policy analysis, researchers present an issue brief series to supplement the model documentation files. The series consists of the following six issue briefs. Each are described in detail in the introduction.

• Issue Brief 1 (A Guide to Performing Example Simulations) is a step-by-step guide to performing microsimulations using the model.
• Issue Brief 2 (Estimating Impacts of Leave Policies on Low-Wage Workers) is an example of a population analysis.
• Issue Brief 3 (A Guide to Performing a Policy Simulation of Parental Leave Program for Federal Civilian Employees) is a demonstration of how the model can be used to adopt parameters to reflect a recently proposed parental leave program: the federal civilian workers’ compensation and benefits package from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020.
• Issue Brief 4 (Model Testing) is a model testing study, focusing on model validation.
• Issue Brief 5 (A Benchmarking Study of the Worker PLUS Model Results) is a benchmarking study of the microsimulation model.
• Issue Brief 6 (Benchmarking Results of the Benefit Financing Module’s Payroll Tax Revenue Estimates) is a benchmarking study of the benefit financing module of the model.

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IMPAQ International. (2021). Worker Paid Leave Usage Simulation (Worker PLUS) Model: Introduction to Issue Brief Series. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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