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Poverty Working Papers
Poverty 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 or list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
Poverty Dynamics: An Overview of Longitudinal Poverty Estimates
This paper describes poverty using measures with different time horizons and studies the frequency of transitions into and out of poverty in the United States.
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
Examining Year to Year Poverty Changes by CPS ASEC Processing Systems
This paper compares poverty rates in 2016 and 2017 between the legacy and updated CPS ASEC processing system, examining changes by demographic and income edits.
Working Paper
Puerto Rican-Origin Children’s Living Arrangements
This research examines the ties among poverty, family migration and living arrangements of Puerto Rican-origin children living in PR and the US.
Working Paper
The Opioid Prescribing Rate and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This poster examines the relationship between the opioid prescribing rate and grandparents raising grandchildren.
Working Paper
Using Administrative Records to Evaluate Child Care Expense Reporting
In this poster, we link self-reported child care expenses in the CPS ASEC to CCDF child care subsidy administrative records to see how closely they align.
Working Paper
Bridging Differences in the Measurement of Poverty
This paper examines how implementing the redesigned CPS ASEC processing system affects poverty rates in 2016, decomposing changes by demographic & income edits.
Working Paper
Multidimensional Inequality
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