Poverty Dynamics in the 2014 SIPP

This paper examines trends in poverty using the redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2014 Panel

Changes in Offer and Take-up of Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

Poster presented at the 2016 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) conference.

Anchored and Relative: Supplemental Thresholds for the SPM

This paper develops a series of anchored and relative thresholds and explores the impact of these alternatives on SPM poverty rates from 2009-2016.

Using SNAP Administrative Records to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

In this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records to the CPS ASEC to examine two main outcomes related to poverty measurement.

A Multidimensional Poverty Measure using the American Community Survey

This paper uses the American Community Survey to create a multidimensional measure of poverty.

Item Response Rates for Composite Variables

This paper proposes three new methods for aggregating data on response rates across questions to create a measure of item response for composite variables.

Parents Working Nonstandard Schedules: Who’s Burning the Midnight Oil?

This poster uses SIPP 2014, Wave 1 to analyze families in which a parent works a nonstandard schedule.

Multiple Partner Fertility in the US: A Demographic Portrait

Paper showing SIPP data on Multiple Partner Fertility in the United States.

What are Housing Assistance Support Recipients Reporting as Rent?

This paper shows research on how best to incorporate the reporting of rent from the ACS as part of the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure research.

Revising Poverty Assignments of Unrelated Children in the SPM Report

This paper describes a proposed revision to the assignment of “official” poverty status of unrelated individuals under age 15 in the SPM report.

Changes to the Household Relationship Data in the CPS

This presentation covers four changes we’ve made to the household relationship data in the CPS over the last decade.

Geographic Adjustments with BEA RPPs vs. ACS Median Rents: An Update

This paper compares the results of two different adjustments to the Supplemental Poverty Measure thresholds.

Eliminating the Public Housing Adjustment

Working paper discussing the elimination of the public housing adjustment when estimating the value of housing subsidies for the Supplemental Poverty Measure.

Do Older Americans Have More Income Than We Think?

This paper reassesses income and poverty statistics for the population aged 65 and over using the CPS ASEC linked to IRS and SSA administrative records.

Income Inequality among Regions and MSAs

This paper examines income inequality, the effect of government programs, and how these have changed over time among regions and different sizes of MSAs.

Evaluating Wealth Data in the Redesigned 2014 SIPP

This paper is to support the careful use of SIPP data by examining how changes to the SIPP from the 2008 panel to the 2014 panel affected wealth data quality.

Who Has a Second-Generation Educational Attainment Advantage?

Working Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting April 27-29, 2017.

Historical Living Arrangements of Older Adults: 1967–2016

This study looks at changes in the living arrangements of adults 50 years or older since the 1960s.

Racial Identity and Fertility Outcomes among Hispanic Origin Groups

Examines whether fertility varies by reported race of Hispanic origin women & the relationship of social and demographic characteristics on recent fertility.

Service over College

This study investigates whether military service acts a bridge to better economic outcomes for non-college degreed women who served in the Post-9/11 period.