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Labor Market Concentration, Earnings Inequality, and Earnings Mobility

This paper documents trends in local industrial concentration from 1976 through 2015 and estimates the effects of that concentration on earnings outcomes.

Individual Changes in Identification with Hispanic Ethnic Origins...

This paper examines the extent to which individuals change between specific categories of Hispanic identification across two decennial censuses.

Using Linked Data to Investigate True Intergenerational Change....

This paper provides proof of concept for using linked data to follow three generations of immigrant parents, children and grandchildren across seven decades.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Linked IRS Administrative...

This paper assesses bias in and demonstrates the utility of linked IRS, SSA, ACS, and decennial census data for longitudinal study of contemporary migration.

Foreign-Born and Native-Born Migration in the U.S.: Evidence from...

This paper details migration among native-born and foreign-born populations in the United States using linked IRS, SSA, ACS, and decennial census records.

The Use of Administrative Records and the American Community Survey...

This paper uses linked administrative and survey data to explore the characteristics of children under age five likely to be undercounted in the 2010 Census.

Reporting of Indian Health Service Coverage in the ACS

Compares reporting of Indian Health Service coverage in the American Community Survey to Indian Health Service Patient Registration data

Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship

This paper uses US Census Bureau administrative data to evaluate the common hypotheses that emphasize youth as a key trait of successful entrepreneurs

The Distributional Effects of Minimum Wages

This work uses linked administrative and survey data to explore how state minimum wages affect income inequality and the distribution of earnings growth.

Investigating the Use of Administrative Records in the CES

This paper compares responses to income questions on the Consumer Expenditure Survey with administrative tax records to study item and survey non-response bias.