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The Impact of the 2007-2009 Recession on Mothers’ Employment

November 2011

This recession has been particularly severe for men and women, as they are both experiencing unprecedented levels of long-term unemployment.

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Working Paper

Use of Medicare Enrollment Data in the Demographic Analysis Estimates

October 2011

Focus on Medicare enrollment as a source for estimating the population aged 65 and older on April 1, 2010.

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Working Paper

Improving the Validity of the Medicaid-CHIP Estimates on the ACS

September 27, 2011

This paper primarily focuses on the edits that were developed for children‘s Medicaid/CHIP coverage.

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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Imputing Noncash Benefits

September 20, 2011

Data from the Current Population Survey, the basis of the SPM resource measure, are used to model imputations to the CE for participation in NSLP and WIC.

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Working Paper

Medical Out-of-Pocket Spending Among the Uninsured

September 09, 2011

This paper refines the treatment of Medical Out-of-Pocket (MOOP) spending among the uninsured in measuring poverty.

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Working Paper

Evaluating the Use of the New Current Population

September 2011

It appears that the main factor in all of the differences between the old and new tax model is driven by the potential use of the two parent pointers.

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Working Paper

SNAP Misreporting on the CPS: Does it Affect Poverty Estimates?

September 01, 2011

Paper examines the misreporting of nutritional assistance on the CPS received by Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.

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Working Paper

The Seasonality of Moves: 2009

August 20, 2011

This paper analyzes the seasonality of moves in the United States.

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Working Paper

New CPS's ASEC Supplement Questions use in Census Bureau Tax Model

2011

Current Population Survey’s (CPS) Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement added new questions to aid in developing Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)

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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Noncash Benefits - Part I

August 11, 2011

This paper presents an alternative method to imputing noncash benefits, the CPS Participation Method.

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Working Paper

Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement

August 02, 2011

This paper examines how the change in unit of analysis from the family definition used impacts the composition of family units.

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Working Paper

Estimates of Nongroup Health Insurance in the ACS

August 01, 2011

This paper investigates the estimates of multiple types of coverage in the working-age adult population from the American Community Survey (ACS).

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Working Paper

Research on Commuting Expenditures & Geographic Adjustments in the SPM

August 2011

This paper discusses how to estimate commuting expenses and seeks to enhance and refine the SPM so that it adjusts commuting expenses for geographic difference.

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Working Paper

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Stability of Household Money Demand

July 2011

This study utilizes longitudinal data to take another look and find that volatility in the demand for non-interest-earning checking accounts.

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Working Paper

Geographic Adjustments of Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds

July 2011

The ITWG suggested that the poverty thresholds be adjusted for price differences across geographic areas.

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Working Paper

The Supplemental Poverty Measure

June 03, 2011

This paper presents estimates of the prevalence of poverty in the US, overall and for selected demographic subgroups, for the official and SPM measures.

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Working Paper

Estimating Measurement Error in SIPP Annual Job Earnings

May 2011

We quantify sources of variation in annual job earnings data collected by the SIPP to determine how much of the variation is the result of measurement error.

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Working Paper

Evaluating the New Mortgage Questions in the CPS's 2010 ASEC

2011

To evaluate the quality of new 2010 ASEC mortgage questions, this paper compares similar data collected in ACS and AHS by a number of selected characteristics.

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Working Paper

Intra-Family Differences in Health Insurance Coverage

April 10, 2011

This paper gives a tabular analysis of the characteristics of Medicaid children and parents that have discordant coverage.

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Working Paper

Presentation: Who's in Head Start? Estimating Head Start Enrollment

April 2011

This study builds off of previous work that attempts to model the number of children enrolled in Head Start using the ACS and the CPS.

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Working Paper

Representative Economic Agent, Propensities to Save, and ...

April 2011

At the microeconomic level, money demand functions are not homogeneous, and the impacts of monetary policies on households are not stable.

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Working Paper

The Effects of Recession on Household Composition

April 2011

The current recession presents the opportunity to study the effect of economic strain on contemporary family behavior and household structure.

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Working Paper

Who's in Head Start? Estimating Head Start Enrollment

April 2011

This study builds off of previous work that attempts to model the number of children enrolled in Head Start using the ACS and the CPS.

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Working Paper

A Geographic Comparison of Child and Adult Poverty from 2006 to 2009

March 2011

The poverty rate for children historically has been higher than the adult poverty rate.

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Working Paper

Developing A Supplemental Poverty Measure

March 2011

In comparing the “official” poverty measure and the SPM, we find that overall poverty rates are higher under the SPM.

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Working Paper

Examining the Effect of the Supplemental Poverty Measurement

March 2011

This presentation provides information about how the ACS handles households with unrelated children under 15 years and households with unmarried partners.

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Working Paper

Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement

March 2011

In 2009 the Office of Management and Budget‟s Chief Statistician formed an ITWG on Developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure.

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Working Paper

Who is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty Measure

January 31, 2011

This paper lays the groundwork for preparing estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. at the Census Bureau.

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Working Paper

A Bayesian Zero-One Inflated Beta Model for Estimating Poverty

2011

We propose and evaluate a Bayesian beta regression model for U.S. county poverty rates.

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Working Paper

A Comparison of Child Support Paid from CPS and SIPP

January 2011

This note compares data from the CPS ASEC 2010 and SIPP 2004 Wave 5 on child support paid.

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A Simulation Study of the Distribution of Fay’s Estimator

2011

Small area estimation with area level models requires variance estimates of the direct survey point estimates being modeled.

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Working Paper

Can Americans Afford to Retire?

2011

As members of the baby-boomer generation approach retirement age, much attention has been focused on whether these individuals are prepared for retirement.

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Working Paper

Child Care Costs in the Current Population Survey’s ASEC

January 2011

This paper assesses child care cost estimates from the 2010 Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

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Working Paper

Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S.: 2000 to 2011

2011

Household net worth, or wealth, is an important indicator of economic well-being in the United States.

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Working Paper

Household Debt in the U.S.: 2000 to 2011

2011

Debt is an important financial tool used by U.S. households to finance their purchases.

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Working Paper

Noncognitive Skills and the Racial Wage Gap

2011

This poster was presented at PAA. It adds two measures of noncognitive skills, locus of control and self-esteem, to determine the effect on the racial wage gap.

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