A. List of Model Parameters. B. Model Technical Description

Parameter Default value Description Status
Mining Related
miningStartTime 61 Mining starts at the 5 th year UV
outsiderAgeRange Normal(29, 5) Age range for outsider agents; sampled from truncated Normal with range [16, 40] years LT
outsiderMineTrainProb 0.001 Chance that an outsider agent is an skilled mineworker UV
outsiderWaitingTime Uniform(1, 5) Number of months that an outsider agent waits without a job at mine UV
skilledCapacity 100 Maximum number of skilled agents that can be employed at the mine UV
skilledWorkerSalary Normal(5000, 500) Monthly salary for skilled workers at the mine sampled from Normal distribution DE
unskilledCapacity 350 Maximum number of unskilled agents that can be employed at the mine UV
unskilledWorkerSalary Normal(1000, 250) Monthly salary for unskilled workers at the mine sampled from Normal distribution DE
Funeral Clubs Related
fc_GracePeriod 6 months Grace period for members without paying dues UV
fcCapacity Uniform(11, 19) Maximum number of funeral club members per club in the model UV
fcInitialMoney 10,000 Rand Initial money assigned to funeral clubs UV
funeralClubDue 70 Rand Monthly funeral club fee paid by members DE
maxFC_Cost 7500 Rand Maximum funeral cost for a bereaved household DE
midFC_Cost 5000 Rand Average funeral cost for a bereaved household DE
minFC_Cost 2500 Rand Minimum funeral cost for a bereaved household DE
Savings Clubs (‘stokvel’) Related
minStokvelMembers 3 Minimum number of members required to form a savings club UV
probFacilitator 0.20 Chance for an agent to act as a facilitator for initiating a savings club UV
stokvelFee 50 Rand Monthly savings club fee paid by members DE
Household Related
chanceBorrowFood 0.20 Chance for borrowing food in a month time UV
chancePieceJob 0.75 Chance for an eligible household to announce piecewise jobs UV
educationFee 20 Rand Monthly school fee per child agent UV
healthExp 50 Rand Health expenditure per member of a household UV
maxMoneyToFeed 165 Rand Maximum money required to feed an adult male DE
maxStartWealth 2500 Rand Maximum starting wealth for households DE
minMoneyToFeed 120 Rand Minimum money required to feed an adult male DE
minStartWealth 1500 Rand Minimum starting wealth for households DE
numPiecewiseJobs Uniform(1, 3) Number of piecewise jobs announced by an eligible households UV
richHHCriteria 15,000 Rand Minimum wealth for a household required to announced piecewise jobs at household UV
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