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Associate Director for Economic Programs (ADEP) Working Paper Series
Associate Director for Economic Programs (ADEP) Working Paper Series
The Associate Director for Economic Programs (ADEP) working paper series showcases research papers written by Economic Directorate employees and Collaborators. Papers will vary by subject and highlight the work completed throughout the Directorate.
Working Paper
Newly Available Individual-Level U.S. Tax Data from 1969-1994
This paper describes a series of linkable individual-level data from the full universe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1040 files in 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, and 1994. These data were recently made available to researchers through the Census Bureau's restricted data program.
Working Paper
Using the Census Bureau’s Master Address File for Migration Research
This paper describes the MAF, compares internal migration rates using these data to other published estimates on migration, directly compares it to questions in surveys at the individual-level, and presents novel estimates of migration distance for movers in the U.S.
Working Paper
Assigning Contemporaneous Census Tracts to Historical Income Tax Data
This paper presents three methods to assign contemporaneous geographic variables to recently recovered historical tax data. We evaluate the results and conclude with recommendations and limitations.
Working Paper
Building the Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity (IDEA)
Also published under: Center for Economic Studies (CES) Working Paper Series: CES-23-15 and Research Report Series – Statistics (RRS) Working Paper Series: RRS2
Working Paper
Using Administrative Records to Support the Linkage of Census Data...
This article describes the linkage methods that will be used in the Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project (DCDL), which is completing the final four decades of a longitudinal census infrastructure covering the past 170 years of United States history.
Working Paper
Using Administrative Records to Support the Linkage of Census Data...
This article describes the linkage methods that will be used in the Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project (DCDL), which is completing the final four decades of a longitudinal census infrastructure covering the past 170 years of United States history.
Working Paper
Expanded Contraceptive Access Increased Women’s College Completion in Colorado
Using eleven years of American Community Survey data linked to decennial censuses, we show that expanded access to contraception led to improvements in women’s college completion.
Working Paper
The Missing Link: Data Capture Technology and the Making of a Longitudinal U.S. Census Infrastructure
This paper describes the technological advances in data capture that have enabled this centuries-long longitudinal data infrastructure to flourish while still leaving a sizeable “missing link” from 1950 to 1990.
Working Paper
Digitizing Hand-Written Data with Automated Methods: A Pilot Project Using the 1990 U.S. Census
In this paper, we document the 1990 Census Name Recovery Pilot (NRP) project, which was used to identify the most accurate and cost-effective means to recover respondent names, focusing on the example of the 1990 census.
Working Paper
The Summary Earnings Record and Detailed Earnings Record Extracts
This paper describes the history and contents of the restricted-use Summary Earnings Record (SER) data and the Detailed Earnings Records (DER) data extracts that can be linked to the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC).
Working Paper
Justice-involved Individuals in the Labor Market since the Great Recession
This paper examines how individuals convicted of a felony or released from prison have fared in the labor market since the Great Recession.
Working Paper
Measuring All-Cause Mortality with the Census Numident File
This paper describes and assesses the quality of the population-level US mortality data in the Census Numident.
Working Paper
Measuring U.S. Fertility using Administrative Data
Census Bureau makes restricted-use administrative birth data available through the Census Numident for nearly all U.S. births for more than the last century.
Working Paper
Statistical Language Performance at the U.S. Census Bureau
This paper compares the runtime of different programming languages while performing basic data management tasks and presents information on the wide variations.
Working Paper
Final Report: Economic Census Synthetic Data Project Research Team
This is the final report from the cross-directorate team.
Working Paper
Criminal Disqualifications in the Paycheck Protection Program
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to support small businesses.
Working Paper
Using Daily Payment Processor Data
Daily retail transaction data provides insight on if and how consumers change spending behaviors around the Super Bowl.
Working Paper
The Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage Project
This paper describes the DCDL, which is an initiative to produce linked restricted microdata files from the decennial censuses of 1960 through 1990.
Working Paper
The Use and Misuse of Income Data and Extreme Poverty
This paper examines extreme poverty in the U.S. using household surveys linked to administrative records.
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