August 03, 2022

Shalise S. Ayromloo and Kelly R. Wilkin

Survey earnings data are the foremost source of available information on personal and household income in the United States. They provide a timely and complete picture of household earnings profiles to the public, policymakers and researchers that alternative sources of earnings measures (like the Social Security Administration’s Master Earnings File) cannot. Thus, the gradual increase in the share of survey respondents who do not provide their earnings in household surveys – the so-called earnings nonresponse rate – is concerning.

This entry was posted on August 03, 2022 and filed under Income and Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

2018

American Community Survey (ACS), Center for Economic Studies (CES), Children, Families and Living Arrangements, Fertility, Income, Poverty, Race, Research and Sex | October 01, 2018

The Opportunity Atlas

How do children’s chances of climbing the income ladder vary across neighborhoods in America? Where is opportunity lacking and what can we do to improve opportunity in such areas?

Unanticipated Benefits of Compensating Survey Respondents

Entries filed under 'Children'

2018