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Working Paper

Examining the Incidence and Depth of Poverty in the U.S. 2012

November 20, 2013

This paper expands on information about estimates of a Supplemental Poverty Measure for the U.S. reported earlier (Short, 2012).

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Working Paper

Comparing Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds and Family Budgets

November 2013

The Census Bureau reports on the SPM compared income-to-poverty‐threshold ratios using the official and the SPM.

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Working Paper

Program Participation and Child Well-Being

November 2013

This study compares the well-being of low-income children who receive assistance from TANF and SNAP to their low-income, non-recipient counterparts.

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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure: SIPP 2004

August 2013

This paper describes in some detail the challenge of changing and moving the measurement of poverty in the CPS to measuring poverty in the SIPP.

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Working Paper

Estimating the value of WIC benefits for the SPM

July 2013

This paper proposes a measurement change for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

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Working Paper

Examining the Effect of Off-Campus College Students on Poverty Rates

May 01, 2013

Analyzes the impact of college students in particular of those not living with relatives, on the poverty rate of places in which the schools are located.

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Working Paper

Measuring Earnings Instability using Survey and Administrative Data

May 2013

Earnings instability is measured to have different levels depending on the data source and type of measure.

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Working Paper

Defining Poverty in Terms of Time and Income: Parental Time

April 12, 2013

This poster was presented at PAA. It looks at poverty in terms of time use using time diary data to identify families who are income poor, time poor, and both.

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Working Paper

Comparing Supplemental Poverty Thresholds and Family Budgets

April 2013

Explores how to characterize various percentages of Supplemental Poverty Measure threshold relative to standard budgets and to the official poverty thresholds.

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Working Paper

Dynamics of Disconnection

April 2013

In the wake of welfare reform and the recent recession, there has been increased interest in identifying and assessing the well-being of disconnected families.

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Working Paper

Supplemental Poverty Measure: Geographic Adjustments

April 2013

The Supplemental Poverty Measure adjusts the housing portion of the thresholds for differences in costs, and the food portion.

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Working Paper

The Relation of Income to Other Measures of Material Well-being

April 2013

This paper builds on previous research using the SIPP to examine how income earned by household members contribute to the well-being of the household.

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Working Paper

Using W2 Administrative Records to Compare SIPP & SIPP-EHC

April 2013

To reduce costs and improve data quality, the SIPP was reengineered by using a longer retrospective reference period and adopting an event history calendar.

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Working Paper

The SIPP-EHC’s Type2 Question Battery

March 13, 2013

We test the efficacy of the SIPP-EHC with regard to the capture of information about former household members.

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Working Paper

Lone Mothers' Educational Attainment, Labor Market Outcomes, & Poverty

March 11, 2013

This paper assesses the well-being of lone mothers. It compares educational attainment, labor force participation, and poverty status from 1967 to the present.

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Working Paper

An Evaluation of Retirement Income in the CPS ASEC

March 2013

An evaluation of the quality of the retirement income data in the 2010 CPS ASEC, comparing it to IRS 1099-R forms filed with tax returns in the tax year 2009.

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Working Paper

Life on the Edge: Living Near Poverty in the United States, 1966-2011

February 2013

This paper takes a deeper look at those living just above the official poverty thresholds.

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Working Paper

Changes in Poverty Measurement

January 2013

Explores trends in the gender disparities in poverty status and describes the impact of using an alternative poverty measure.

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Working Paper

Evaluating the 2013 CPS ASEC Income Redesign Content Test

2013

CPS ASEC is the official source of US national poverty stats. The questionnaire redesign aims to update questions on retirement income and health insurance.

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Working Paper

SIPP Work Experience and Earnings Associations

2013

This paper focuses on the earnings of individuals based on years of experience.

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