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Income & Poverty Working Papers
Income & Poverty Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
View the list of working paper topics.
View the list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
Changes in Living Conditions and Material Well-Being in the SIPP
There has been increasing interest in finding new ways to measure people’s well being and keep track of how they are getting by.
Working Paper
Wage Data Quality Assessment in the March CPS and the SIPP
This report assesses the data quality of annual wage data in the March CPS and the SIPP.
Working Paper
Defining and Redefining Poverty
In 1995 the NAS Panel released a report, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach , which offered recommendations for improving the official poverty measure.
Personal Assessments of Minimum Income and Expenses
Economic well-being can be described using various measures. Two are examined in this study.
Working Paper
A Decade of Experimental Poverty Thresholds: 1990 to 2000
This paper reviews the proposals for revising the official poverty thresholds recommended by the NAS Panel.
Working Paper
Experimental Poverty Measures Under Alternate Treatments
This paper presents experimental poverty measures that update those presented in Current Population Report, P60-216, “Experimental Poverty Measures: 1999”.
Working Paper
Documentation of Child and Family Well-Being Measures
This document assesses the reliability and validity of several of the child and family well-being measures in the 1998 Wave of the Survey of Program Dynamics.
Working Paper
Comparing Alternative Models for Using Decennial Census Data in SAIPE
The US Census Bureau's SAIPE Program produces poverty estimates for various age groups for states, counties, and school districts.
Working Paper
Health Insurance Estimates for States
This paper is an initial attempt to expand SAIPE program knowledge and methodologies to the area of health insurance coverage.
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