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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
Consumer Units, Households and Sharing: A View from the SIPP
Poverty measures are based on assumptions about resource sharing for families and unrelated individuals.
Working Paper
How Does Ability To Speak English Affect Earnings?
This analysis explores the extent to which people who speak a non-English language are penalized by their level of English-speaking ability.
Working Paper
Results and Revisions to the Welfare Reform Benefits Question
This report describes the results of cognitive interview research on questions about welfare reform benefits.
Working Paper
Methodology for Change Variance Estimates: 2000 and 2001
The U.S. Census Bureau SAIPE currently uses an empirical Bayes estimation method to produce biennial intercensal estimates of the proverty rates.
Working Paper
Methodology for Change Variance Estimates: 2001 and 2002
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Estimates Branch annually provides the Administration for ACF in the HHS with model-based estimates of child poverty.
Working Paper
CPS ASEC 2005 Tax Model Documentation
This document explains the most notable changes for tax year 2004.
Working Paper
Evaluation of School District Poverty Estimates
The US Census Bureau created the SAIPE program to provide more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than the recent decennial census.
Working Paper
Identifying and Analyzing Geographic Change to School Districts
The US Census Bureau's SAIPE Program produces poverty and income estimates for states, counties, and school districts on an annual basis.
Working Paper
Using Medicaid Participant Data in the Est of County Poverty Levels
The US Census Bureau's SAIPE program produces income and poverty estimates using decennial census data, household survey data, and administrative records.
Page Last Revised - June 13, 2023
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