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Data Linkage Infrastructure Working Papers

Census Bureau data linkage activities support research and development to improve measures of the U.S. population and economy.  Data linkages allow us to use external data to lower costs, increase efficiency, reduce respondent burden and improve data quality.  Findings are released through reports and working papers.

Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications Working Papers
Reports on topics in demography, economics, statistics, and data linkage.

Center for Economic Studies Working Paper Series
This series features research in economics and other social sciences, by Census Bureau and FSRDC researchers, using restricted-use Census Bureau microdata.

 Associate Director for Economic Programs (ADEP) Working Paper Series
This working paper series showcases research papers written by Economic Directorate employees and Collaborators and vary by subject.


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Working Paper
Research for Replacing/Supplementing Self-Employment Income on the ACS
Learn more about the potential for using IRS data to capture self-employment income on the ACS.


Working Paper
Medicare Coverage and Reporting
Estimates the extent to which individuals misreport their Medicare coverage.


Working Paper
Response Error & the Medicaid Undercount in the CPS
Examines the Medicaid undercount in the 2007-2011 CPS ASEC compared to enrollment data from the Medicaid Statistical Information System.


Working Paper
Local Labor Demand and Program Participation Dynamics
Estimates effect of fluctuations in local labor conditions on the likelihood that participants can transition out of SNAP.


Working Paper
Small Business Growth and Failure during the Great Recession
Explores whether shifts in home prices from 2002 - 2011 had differential impacts on business performance across owner race, ethnicity and gender.


Working Paper
The New Lifecycle of Women's Employment
Explores increases in cumulative work experience for women from the 1930s to the 1970s.


Working Paper
Differences in Self-employment Duration by Year of Entry & Pre-entry
Examines self-employment duration for five consecutive entry cohorts, including two cohorts who entered self-employment during the Great Recession.


Working Paper
Research for Replacing or Supplementing the ROYA Question on the ACS
Learn more about the potential for using IRS data to determine whether a respondent moved in the past year.


Working Paper
Retirement Income of Women Working Longer
Despite women’s increased labor force attachment over the lifecycle, household surveys do not show increases in retirement income for women at older ages.


Working Paper
Evaluating the Use of Commercial Data to Improve Survey Estimates
Evaluates the potential to use commercial data to reduce respondent burden, study survey response error and improve adjustments for survey nonresponse.


Working Paper
An Assessment of Accuracy in Linked Historical Data
Compares simulated linkages to benchmark data to examine linkage quality achieved by various record linkage techniques used in historical demography.


Working Paper
How State Policies Changed Advanced Tax Refund Payments
Examines the impact of state-level regulation of Refund Anticipation Loans on the increase in the use of Refund Anticipation Checks and on taxpayer outcomes.


Working Paper
Measuring The Effects Of The Tipped Minimum Wage Using W-2 Data
Estimates the effects of tipped minimum wages on the wages and hourly tips of servers, as well as server employment and hours worked.


Working Paper
The Effect of Low-Income Housing on Neighborhood Mobility
Examines the effects of subsidized housing construction on neighborhood characteristics using nationally representative microdata.


Working Paper
Creating the American Opportunity Study
Discusses the American Opportunity Study, its background, goals, envisioned data infrastructure, and project progress.


Working Paper
Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions
Uses county border pair identification to explore individual labor supply response to UI benefit extension.


Working Paper
Researching Administrative Record Usage for ACS Income Question
Learn more about the potential for using administrative records to replace or supplement the income question on the American Community Survey.

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