Max Ghenis

Comparing World Bank data to wbdata package

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https://github.com/OliverSherouse/wbdata is a package focused on World Bank data, which looks to have some overlap to `pandas-datareader`'s World Bank capabilities. I haven't used much either but thought it may be...

Observation weights in regplot

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Can seaborn perform weighted least squares regression in `regplot` and/or related methods like `lmplot`? I didn't see it in the [documentation](https://seaborn.pydata.org/generated/seaborn.regplot.html). It would be a useful addition if not.

It seems like the keepachangelog standard applies well to CI/CD, other than perhaps dropping the Unreleased section. Would you suggest any other considerations for using this standard with CI/CD? If...

Easier way to apply to DataFrames

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In mapping a pandas DataFrame's numeric fips index to state name, I currently have to do this: ``` state['state'] = pd.Series(state.index).apply( lambda x: us.states.lookup(str(x).zfill(2)).name).tolist() ``` There are a couple things...

3.9 has been the latest stable Python release since October 2020

Per https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/1402#b_2 See https://github.com/PolicyEngine/openfisca-us/issues/653

Confirm logic for standard deduction with blind spouse

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taxcalc currently requires that filers are joint to claim an extra standard deduction for aged spouses, but that condition isn't present for blind spouses: https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/blob/2ccfcb446d281aa8f733be59f591de931a41ad24/taxcalc/calcfunctions.py#L1150-L1154 [This page](https://www.efile.com/tax-deduction/federal-standard-deduction/) suggests that they're...

Parametrize 25% multiplier in `line61` variable of AMT function

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Currently hard-coded: https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/blob/cf452aaeb0bf7a5e13c11581963c3fafe86edb16/taxcalc/calcfunctions.py#L2033 As an aside, this is line 37 in the [current form 6251](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f6251.pdf), not line 61, due to TCJA shortening the AMT form.

[GitHub recognizes licenses](https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/adding-a-license-to-a-repository) as `LICENSE` or `LICENSE.md` in the root of a repo and puts it in the repo sidebar. For example, here's how openfisca-core looks given their [license](https://github.com/openfisca/openfisca-core/blob/master/LICENSE): ...

Parameterize the `2500` value in `AGI` formula

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The hard-coded `2500` in the `AGI` formula here looks like a phase-out start: https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/blob/cf452aaeb0bf7a5e13c11581963c3fafe86edb16/taxcalc/calcfunctions.py#L712-L723