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Center for Economic Studies (CES) Working Paper Series
Center for Economic Studies (CES) 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.
2024
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Working PaperIncorporating Administrative Data in Survey Weights for the 2018-2022 Survey of Income and Program ParticipationNew admin-data-based weights for 2018–2022 SIPP show varied effects on estimates and no large increase in nonresponse bias during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Working PaperIncome, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the United StatesThis paper explores the relationships between air pollution, income, wealth, and race using linked administrative and survey data.
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Working PaperSeparate but Not Equal: The Uneven Cost of Residential Segregation for Network-Based HiringThis research looks at neighbor networks and examines how residential segregation by race and by education affects employment through access to such networks.
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Working PaperComparison of Child Reporting in the American Community Survey and Federal Income Tax Returns Based on California Birth RecordsThis paper uses birth records, IRS Form 1040 records, and the American Community Survey to characterize undercounted children and compare child reporting.
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Working PaperThe Effect of Food Assistance Work Requirements on Labor Market OutcomesUsing restricted-access SNAP microdata, we exploit the age cutoffs of work requirements to estimate the effect of work requirement policies on labor outcomes.
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Working PaperTransitional Costs and the Decline of Coal: Worker-Level EvidenceThis paper uses linked survey data and administrative records documents the effects of the decline of the coal industry on coal workers.
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Working PaperEarnings Through the Stages: Using Tax Data to Test for Sources of Error in CPS ASEC Earnings and Inequality MeasuresTax data reveals measurement error, or inaccurate responses, is the largest of eight potential sources of bias in CPS ASEC earnings and inequality measures.
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Working PaperRevisions to the LEHD Establishment Imputation Procedure and Applications to Administrative Jobs FrameWe review modifications to the U2W imputation method for use with the jobs frame, evaluating four approaches for accuracy, size matching, and separation rates.
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Working PaperInternal Migration in the U.S. During the COVID-19 PandemicWe link administrative (USPS, IRS, and SSA) and survey (ACS and CPS-ASEC) records and examine U.S. domestic migration trends during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Working PaperAggregation Bias in the Measurement of U.S. Global Value ChainsWe calculate the imported content of U.S. manufacturing plants' exports and assess the extent of aggregation bias inherent in industry-level estimates.
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Working PaperEstimating the Potential Impact of Combined Race and Ethnicity Reporting on Long-Term Earnings StatisticsWe study how LEHD long-term earnings differentials vary by race and ethnicity for persons from heavily Hispanic, Middle East, or North Africa source countries.
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Working PaperWho Scars the Easiest? College Quality and the Effects of Graduating into a RecessionUsing data from the National Survey of College Graduates, we study how the effects of graduating into worse economic conditions vary over college quality.
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Working PaperEmpirical Distribution of the Plant-Level Components of Energy and Carbon Intensity at the Six-digit NAICS Level Using a Modified KAYA IdentityThis research shows wide variation in three components of carbon dioxide emissions and investigates the plant-level variation underlying those emissions.
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Working PaperForeign Direct Investment, Geography, and WelfareWe study the welfare effects of FDI on Ethiopian consumers and how these effects are geographically distributed throughout the country.
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Working PaperSocially Responsible Investment and Gender Equality in the United States CensusWe study the relation between socially responsible investing and the employee gender pay gap, as well as the role of female directors.
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Working PaperSupply Chain Adjustments to Tariff Shocks: Evidence from Firm Trade Linkages in the 2018-2019 U.S. Trade WarWe use the 2018-2019 U.S.-China trade war episode to examine how firms’ supply chain adjustments to a tariff cost shock impact imports and exports.
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Working PaperDriving the Gig EconomyWe explore the effects of the introduction of online ridesharing platforms on entry, employment and earnings in the Taxi and Limousine Services industry.
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Working PaperEmployer Dominance and Worker Earnings in FinanceThis paper reveals a stronger positive employer size-pay relationship in finance than in other sectors due to firms' economic gains and in-demand worker skills.
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Working PaperCompetition, Firm Innovation, and Growth under Imperfect Technology SpilloversWe study how firms use different innovations under imperfect technology spillovers and impact the effect of competition.
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Working PaperHousehold Wealth and Entrepreneurial Career Choices: Evidence from Climate DisastersFlood shocks cut the likelihood of working for startups by 7%, leading to long-term income loss and highlighting the role of self-insurance for career risks.
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Working PaperChanging Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic MobilityNew research shows the earnings gap between 27-year-old White adults born to low- and high-income parents widened while the low-income Black-White gap narrowed.
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Working PaperExpanding the Frontier of Economic Statistics Using Big Data: A Case Study of Regional EmploymentOur study shows combined payroll and survey data can refine economic measures, improving state estimates and providing timely, accurate county-level statistics.
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Working PaperContrasting the Local and National Demographic Incidence of Local Labor Demand ShocksWe examine how spatial frictions that differ among heterogeneous workers and firms shape the geographic and demographic incidence of local labor demand shocks.
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Working PaperPayroll Tax Incidence: Evidence from Unemployment InsuranceState unemployment insurance tax increases resulted in significant reductions in employment growth driven by lower hiring, but minimal pass-through to earnings.
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Working PaperThe Impact of Parental Resources on Human Capital Investment and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Great RecessionUsing restricted-access data, I find that declines to parents’ home values during the Great Recession decreased children’s college attainment and earnings.
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Working PaperUrban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic AnalysisIT adoption by large business services firms can account for most of the increase in US regional wage inequality since 1980.
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Working PaperMeasuring Income of the Aged in Household Surveys: Evidence from Linked Administrative RecordsWe examine how retirement income underreporting in the CPS ASEC and HRS affects key statistics such as reliance on Social Security benefits and poverty rates.
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Working PaperCitizenship Question Effects on Household Survey ResponseAnalysis of the 2019 Census Test linked to administrative data suggests that adding a citizenship question would increase noncitizen undercounts.
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Working PaperWho Marries Whom? The Role of Segregation by Race and ClassWhy do people marry within their race and class? This study examines if residential segregation limits marriage across race and class lines in the US.
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Working PaperWhose Neighborhood Now? Gentrification and Community Life in Low-Income Urban NeighborhoodsI look at the social and political impact of gentrification within urban communities across the U.S. and find it is stratified across income and racial groups.
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Working PaperHow Big is Small? The Economic Effects of Access to Small Business SubsidiesWe study the small firm growth effects of SBA industry size standards that determine eligibility for small business subsidies.
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Working PaperGradient Boosting to Address Statistical Problems Arising from Non-Linkage of U.S. Census Bureau DatasetsThis article is a tutorial for using twangRDC to generate nonresponse weights to account for non-linkage of person records across U.S. Census Bureau datasets.
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Working PaperRevisiting Methods to Assign Responses when Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting are Discrepant Across Administrative Records and Third Party SourcesThis paper discusses changes to the business rules for assigning ethnicity to the pre-decennial Best Race and Ethnicity administrative records composite file.
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Working PaperSchool Equalization in the Shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and Consequences of Resource Disparity in Mississippi circa 1940Black schools in Mississippi remained underfunded following a finance equalization effort in 1920 at the expense of students’ long-term economic outcomes.
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Working PaperU.S. Worker Mobility Across Establishments within Firms: Scope, Prevalence, and Effects on Worker EarningsThis paper describes workers' opportunities to switch establishments within multi-establishment firms and assesses their impact on worker earnings growth.
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Working PaperMobility, Opportunity, and Volatility Statistics (MOVS): Infrastructure Files and Public Use DataWe introduce the Mobility, Opportunity, and Volatility Statistics (MOVS) project, new public use data on income growth and household dynamics.
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