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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.
View the list of working paper topics.
View the list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
Comparing Income Aggregates: 2007-2012
This paper compares income aggregates from Census survey data to administrative benchmarks from the BEA's National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA).
Working Paper
Expert Meeting on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Presentations from the Expert Meeting on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance held on March 20, 2015 at Census Bureau Headquarters
Working Paper
Income in the ACS: Comparisons to the 1990 Census
Explains differences between ACS and Census income questions and provides a preliminary overview of results from 1996 ACS.
Working Paper
Working Beyond Retirement-Age
This presentation focuses on why people might be working beyond retirement-age.
Working Paper
2010 Evaluation Report Covering Public Assistance
Results of proposed changes to the public assistance content as tested in the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.
Working Paper
2010 Evaluation Report Covering Wages
Results of proposed changes to the wages content as tested in the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.
Working Paper
2010 Evaluation Report Covering Property Income
Results of proposed changes to the property income content as tested in the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.
Working Paper
Marital Homogamy and Economic Vulnerability During the Great Recession
Examines whether those employed/formerly employed in occupations that were hard‐hit by the recession were more likely to have employed partners after recession.
Working Paper
The Administrative Income Statistics (AIS) Project: Research on the Use of Administrative Records to Improve Income and Resource Estimates
We review research on mis-reporting and non-response bias in income surveys. We discuss research needed to use administrative data to reduce these biases.
Working Paper
2022 ACS Content Test: Round 3 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from Round 3 of cognitive testing, which gathered feedback from individuals in groups quarters facilities and Puerto Rico.
Working Paper
2022 ACS Content Test: Round 1 and Round 2 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from two rounds of cognitive testing for the 2022 ACS Content Test.
Working Paper
2016 American Community Survey Content Test: Retirement Income
Results from the 2016 ACS Content Test of the question about Retirement Income.
Working Paper
Addressing Nonresponse Bias in the ACS Using Administrative Data
Learn how the pandemic disrupted ACS data collection in 2020 and why the 2020 ACS 1-year estimates will be released as an experimental product.
Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Income
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the questions about Income.
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