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Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications (CARRA) Working Papers
Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications (CARRA) Working Papers
Research on the nation’s people and economy using the Data Linkage Infrastructure, the Census Bureau's clearinghouse for administrative, census and survey data.
Working Paper
Exploring Administrative Records Use for Race and Hispanic Origin
Race and Hispanic origin data are required to produce official statistics in the United States.
Working Paper
The EITC over the business cycle: Who benefits?
This paper examines the impact of the Great Recession on Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility.
Working Paper
Coverage and Agreement of Administrative Records and 2010 ACS Data
The U.S. Census Bureau is researching possible uses of administrative records in decennial census and survey operations.
Working Paper
Person Matching in Historical Files using the Person Validation System
Summarizes linkage techniques employed by the Census Bureau. Discusses utilization of the techniques to append protected identification keys to the 1940 Census.
Working Paper
Do Doubled-up Families Minimize Household-level Tax Burden?
This paper examines a method of tax avoidance: the sorting of dependent children among related filers who have “doubled up” in a household for economic reasons.
Working Paper
Census Bureau’s Ability to Assign Protected Identification Keys
Discusses matching issues for historical data. Describes matching process for the 1960 census to Social Security Administration’s Numeric Identification System.
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Joining, Leaving, Staying in the Amer. Indian/Alaska Native Category
Response changes should be considered when conceptualizing and operationalizing “the American Indian and Alaska Native population.”
Working Paper
America's Churning Races: Race and Ethnic Response Changes
This paper reviews internal Census Bureau data from the 2000 and 2010 censuses in which individuals’ responses have been linked across years.
Working Paper
2010 American Community Survey Match Study
The 2010 ACS Match Study measures administrative records coverage of addresses, persons, as well as by demographic characteristics and response mode.
Working Paper
Changes in EITC Eligibility and Participation, 2005—2009
A study of the changes over time in eligibility for participation in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Working Paper
Within and Across County Variation in SNAP Misreporting
This paper examines sub-state spatial & temporal variation in misreporting of participation in the SNAP using several years of the American Community Survey.
Working Paper
Estimating Record Linkage False Match Rate for the PVS
This paper presents a method to measure the false match rate in the Person Identification Validation System (PVS).
Working Paper
Evaluation of Commercial School and Teacher Lists
This report summarizes the potential for teacher lists obtained for enhancing sampling frames for the National Teacher and Principal Survey.
Working Paper
The Person Identification Validation System (PVS)
A system that applies unique person identifiers to federal, commercial, census, and survey data to facilitate linkages across and within files.
Working Paper
Comparison of Survey, Federal, and Commercial Address Data Quality
This report summarizes matching of survey, commercial, and administrative records housing units to the Census Bureau Master Address File (MAF).
Working Paper
The Nature of the Bias When Studying Only Linkable Person Records
Record linkage across survey and administrative records sources can greatly enrich data and improve their quality.
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