{
  "note": "Estimated assumptions, not observed data, except where calibrated to observed anchors (see handover §8.6). provider_density_feedback_strength is a HYPOTHESIS slider and MUST default to 0.",
  "defaults": {
    "participant_growth_rate": 0.06,
    "child_entry_rate": 46000,
    "child_to_adult_retention_rate": 0.60,
    "provider_per_participant_ratio": 0.023,
    "worker_per_participant_ratio": 0.45,
    "participant_worker_overlap_rate": 0.05,
    "participant_provider_owner_overlap_rate": 0.03,
    "worker_provider_owner_overlap_rate": 0.30,
    "family_linked_worker_rate": 0.20,
    "provider_density_feedback_strength": 0.00,
    "average_support_cost_growth_rate": 0.05,
    "inflation_rate": 0.03,
    "GDP_growth_rate": 0.03,
    "Commonwealth_spending_growth_rate": 0.03
  }
}