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Program Income and Public Assistance Working Papers
Program Income and Public Assistance 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.
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Working Paper
Income and Assets of Social Security Beneficiaries by Type of Benefit
A look at the economic status of five beneficiary groups, including average income & poverty rates, the composition of income & level of asset holdings.
Working Paper
A Methodological Study Using Administrative Records
The Special Frames Study reviewed the use of administrative records to improve sampling efficiency & analyzed household survey reports of program participation.
Income and Poverty
The Dynamics of Medicaid Enrollment
In this paper, considering just the noninstitutionalized population served by Medicaid, we examine another aspect of the program's heterogeneity.
Working Paper
The Discourage Worker Effect: A Reappraisal Using Spell Duration Data
The purpose of this paper is to formulate and estimate a microdynamic reduced form model for the transition between unemployment and non-participation.
Working Paper
Welfare Recipient as Observed in the SIPP
This paper examines welfare recipiency as reported in the 1984 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Working Paper
The Impact of the Unit of Analysis on Measure of Program Participation
Studies indicate that multiple program participation is quite common for participant households.
Working Paper
A Look at Welfare Dependency Using the 1984 SIPP Panel File
This paper presents some basic kinds of statistics on welfare dependency so researchers familiar with this area of work can get a feel for this new data set.
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