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Working Paper
Recipiency History and Left-Censored Spells in AFDC SIPP
This paper presents information about estimating durations of program participation using data from the SIPP.


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Oversampling the Low-Income Population in the SIPP
The SIPP is designed to provide comprehensive information that reflects the financial situation of persons, families, and households in the United States .


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A Cognitive Approach to Redesigning Measurement in the SIPP
SIPP improves our understanding of the financial well being of families and leads to meaningful improvements in national welfare and other programs.


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Recipiency History & Left-Censored Spells of Program Participation
This paper presents information about estimating durations of program participation using data from the SIPP.


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Alternative Samples for Welfare Duration in SIPP
This paper focuses on the impact of alternate treatment of sample attrition when defining spells of welfare receipt by unmarried mothers.


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Rationale for a SIPP-Based Microsimulation Model of SSI and OASDI
Both SSI and certain provisions of the OASDI program have income adequacy objectives, either program could address the needs of low-income elderly widows.


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Within-PSU Sort & Stratification Research to Improve Survey Efficiency
This paper describes the research for an optimal sort and stratification scheme to reduce the within-PSU variance of key survey estimates.


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A Random-Effects Approach to Attrition Bias in SIPP Health Ins. Data
This paper describes a test for the presence of attrition bias and a consistent estimator for the level of health insurance coverage.


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Using SIPP to Analyze Black-White Differences in Youth Employment
The lag in employment and earnings of black men aged 16-24 relative to white men of that age is analyzed.


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Record Use by Respondents
In the course of our work on the SIPP over the past few years we have become concerned about the validity of some of the information provided by respondents.


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Health Insurance Coverage Among the Elderly
The research reported in this paper examines the decision to have private health insurance by elderly Medicare enrollees.


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Job-Exits and Job-To-Job Transitions in the Unites States
This paper examines the potential of data on job exits and job-to-job transitions from a new source--the 1986 Panel of the SIPP.


Working Paper
The SIPP as a Source of Data on Children and Families
The well-being of children is a topic of concern to Americans. One reason for the burgeoning interest is the growing concentration of poverty among children.


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Marital Separation & the Well-Being of Children & Their Absent Fathers
How to link absent fathers to their children and assessing an absent father's financial status, payment of child support, and potential for increased support.


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Implementing an SSI Model Using the SIPP
This paper describes the initial stages of the development of a Supplemental Security Income microsimulation model based on the SIPP.


Working Paper
Effects of Measurement Error on Occupational Event History Analysis
Event history analysis is a promising new tool available to understand the dynamic processes underlying employment and program participation behavior.


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Receipt of Food Stamps by Households and Individuals in the SIPP
SIPP results indicate that choosing between an individual- or household-based approach for estimating the length of food stamp receipt are virtually nil.


Working Paper
Trends in Income and Wealth of the Elderly in the 1980's
Not everyone benefited from the prosperity of the 1980’s, it is of interest to find out how the elderly, or persons age 65 and over, fared in these years.


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The Flow of Household Income in the 1984 SIPP
This paper illustrates the construction of duration-weighted total and per-capita measures of household income.


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The Impact of Survey and Questionnaire Design on Labor Force Measures
In this paper we examine the tradeoffs between two methods of collecting labor force data, retrospective questions versus repeated interviews.

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