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Survey of Income and Program Participation Working Papers

Census Bureau research made available to others to encourage discussion on a range of topics, by release year.


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Working Paper
Measuring Spells of Unemployment and Their Outcomes
Introduces researchers interested in the topic of unemployment duration to the SIPP, and presents a descriptive analysis of the unemployment duration data.


Working Paper
Counting Spells of Unemployment
The Federal government measures the number of persons who are undergoing spells of unemployment. This paper presents an attempt to quantify "missed" spells.


Working Paper
Database Design for Large-Scale, Complex Data
The framework & strategies to design a database that integrates data & metadata, including: database design, survey design, collection & processing procedures.


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Measuring the Frequency and Consequences of Job Separations
The purpose of this paper is to provide a description of the frequency of voluntary and involuntary job separations among population subgroups.


Working Paper
Offer Arrivals Versus Acceptance
The basic job search model implies that unemployment durations are determined by a constant transition rate—the rate at which acceptable offers are received.


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Wave-Seam Effects in the SIPP
This paper is divided into two parts. In the first part we discuss our direct findings from a descriptive study of the wave-seam effect.


Working Paper
Survey-Based Type of Benefit Classification
This article reports on the development and evaluation of a procedure that identifies major benefit categories in SIPP.


Working Paper
Child Care Costs on Married Women's Labor Force Participation
The increase in women's labor force participation after World War II is a well known and well researched phenomenon.


Working Paper
Measuring the Duration of Poverty Spells
This study focuses on estimating a distribution of the total duration of poverty spells, using a complete 32 month research file constructed from the SIPP.


Working Paper
Potential for Comparative Research Using Data from SIPP & German Panel
Comparative research based on nationally representative panel studies remains essentially untried. To a certain extent this is attributed to the lack of data.


Working Paper
An Analysis of Leaving Home Using Data from the 1984 Panel of the SIPP
The objective of this project was to study household change from an individual perspective.


Working Paper
Enhanced Demographic-Economic Data Sets
This paper explores the possible development and uses of data sets that combine demographic data with economic census administrative information.


Working Paper
A Resource-Based Model of Living Arrangements of the Unmarried Elderly
Explores the degree to which demographic characteristics, economic resources, & health determine the choice of living arrangements among the elderly population.


Working Paper
Reflections on the Income Estimates from the Initial Panel of the SIPP
This paper offers a tentative interpretation of important aspects of the income data available from the first SIPP panel.


Working Paper
Findings from the SIPP Fringe Benefits Feasibility Study
A survey determined the feasibility of collecting information from employers about their contributions for health insurance, life insurance, and pension plans.


Working Paper
Components of Longitudinal Household Change for 1984-1985
This paper presents the first national estimates of the components of longitudinal household change for the U.S.


Working Paper
Multivariate Analysis by Users of SIPP Micro-Data Files
This report deals with multivariate analysis of data from complex surveys.


Working Paper
Research and Evaluation Conducted on the SIPP
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is designed to provide information on income and government program participation.


Working Paper
Response And Procedural Error Analysis of SIPP
The purpose of the present research is assess this potential by merging the reinterview data with public release data and analying the combined data.


Working Paper
Composite Estimation for SIPP Annual Estimates
Composite Estimation for SIPP - A Preliminary Report has identified the types of composite estimators that can be used in SIPP.


Working Paper
Welfare Dependency and Its Causes
Welfare programs serve an important role in providing both short and long term assistance to low-income families and individuals.


Working Paper
The Economic Resources of the Elderly: A Comprehensive Income Approach
During the last two decades, income transfer programs aimed at improving the economic circumstances of the elderly have experienced substantial expansion.


Working Paper
A Poisson Model Analysis of SIPP Reinterview Data
The purpose of the present research is assess this potential by merging the SIPP reinterview data with public release data and analyzing the combined data.


Working Paper
Methods Of Processing Unit Data Longitudinally On The SIPP
This paper illustrates the use of both person-linked files and person-month files for doing longitudinal analysis with monthly data from the SIPP.


Working Paper
Quality of SIPP Estimates
In this paper, we discuss quality issues for both cross-sectional and gross flow/spell estimates.


Working Paper
Analyzing the Characteristics of Blacks
Although data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) provide extensive information about the characteristics of blacks.


Working Paper
Two Notes on Sampling Variance Estimates from the 1984 SIPP Files
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) provides data that can be used to study the socioeconomic characteristics of persons.


Working Paper
Longitudinal vs. Retrospective Measures of Work Experience
In this paper, we compare CPS work experience estimates for 1985 to work experience estimates for the same year derived from a longitudinal survey.


Working Paper
The Regular Receipt of Child Support: A Multi-Step Process
This paper examines factors that may determine how much child support income a custodial parent receives.


Working Paper
Measuring Household Change at the Individual Level
Measures of household change are presented for individuals aged 15 to 29 by age and sex.

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