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Current Population Survey (CPS) Working Papers
Resarch and analysis of the Current Population Survey by Census Bureau authors.
Working Paper
Medical Care Needs in Poverty Thresholds
This paper compares several methods of incorporating medical care needs into a revised poverty measure.
Working Paper
Medical Out-Of-Pocket Spending in Poverty Thresholds
Two options for including amounts for MOOP in poverty thresholds like those proposed by the National Research Council are presented.
Working Paper
The "Family/Couple/Household" Unit of Analysis in Poverty Measurement
The unit of analysis used in poverty measurement continues to receive critical scrutiny.
Working Paper
Valuing Housing Subsidies: A Revised Method for Quantifying Benefits
This paper addresses the issue of valuing one such non-cash benefit, housing subsidies.
Working Paper
An Examination of the Increase in the Black Vote in November 1998
This paper will examine the increase in the Black vote in a period when overall voter participation is at an all time low.
Working Paper
Models for Simulation and Comparison of SAIPE Analyses
We first present a simplified ideal model which can be used to simulate underlying data for the small-area estimation currently used in the SAIPE project.
Working Paper
Who are the Poor Elderly? Report Using Alternative Poverty Measures
This paper reviews the recent literature on poverty measurement among the elderly by bringing together issues that bear upon measures of resources and needs.
Working Paper
Evaluating Poverty with a Different Measure
This paper describes and compares the poverty population under several different experimental measures of poverty.
Working Paper
Alternate Scaling Parameter Functions in a Hierarchical Bayes Model
The U.S. Census Bureau SAIPE currently uses an empirical Bayes estimation method to produce biennial intercensal estimates of the proverty rates.
Working Paper
Measuring School Enrollment with ACS: Comparisons with Census & CPS
Comparing school enrollment information from the ACS with decennial census and the Current Population Survey.
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