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Resource Library
Current Population Survey (CPS) Working Papers
Resarch and analysis of the Current Population Survey by Census Bureau authors.
Working Paper
The Development of the Orshansky Poverty Thresholds
This paper first describes how Orshansky developed the poverty thresholds.
Working Paper
The Case of Out-Of-Pocket Medical Expenditures
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is the premiere data source for computing poverty using the proposed alternative measurement methods.
Working Paper
An Overview of Poverty Lines in the United States from 1904 to 1965
To study the history of American poverty lines, one must be familiar with the concept of the "standard budget."
Working Paper
Valuing Housing Subsidies in a New Measure of Poverty Using the CPS
It is intuitively obvious that adding near-cash equivalents to cash income reduces the poverty rate.
Working Paper
Changing the Way the United States Measures Income and Poverty
This paper discusses alternative definitions of income and considerations in measuring poverty.
Working Paper
Who's at Risk? Designing a Medical Care Risk Index
This paper strives to operationalize the concept of a Medical Care Risk Index and recommend an approach for computing the index.
Working Paper
Experimental Poverty Measurement for the 1990’s
The purpose of this paper is to report on operationalizing the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Panel’s basic proposed procedure in a test environment.
Working Paper
A Small-Area View of Poverty from the Panel
The current small-area estimates program stems form the 1994 amendments to the Elementry and Seconday Education Act.
Working Paper
Income Measurement Error in Surveys: A Review
Because income data are germane to a wide array of important policy issues, income questions are almost ubiquitous in government-sponsored surveys.
Working Paper
Methods Used for Small Area Poverty and Income Estimates
Existing postcensal estimates of poverty and income at the county level are considered inadequate for various reasons.
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