The American Economic Association (AEA), in conjunction with approximately 50 associations in related disciplines, holds a three–day meeting each January to present papers on general economic subjects. Our presence at the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Meetings provided Census Bureau staff the opportunity to present their latest research findings and exchange ideas with colleagues in their field with the goal of improving Census Bureau programs. Authors with their name linked have a Researcher Profile available on the Census Bureau website. Click on the link to find out more about our researchers.

Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Meetings

Productivity Dispersion and Wage Inequality

Dispersion in Dispersion: Measuring Establishment-Level Differences in Productivity

Lucia S. Foster (U.S. Census Bureau)
Cheryl A. Grim (U.S. Census Bureau)
Sabrina Pabilonia (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Jay Stewart (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Zoltan Wolf (Westat and U.S. Census Bureau)
Cindy Zoghi (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Firm Performance and the Volatility of Worker Earnings

Chinhui Juhn (University of Houston)
Kristin McCue (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
Holly Monti (U.S. Census Bureau)
Brooks Pierce (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Augmenting the Human Capital Earnings Equation with Measures of the Place Where You Work

Erling Barth (University of Oslo)
James C. Davis (U.S. Census Bureau)
Richard B. Freeman (Harvard University)

Evaluating Survey Data Quality Using Administrative Records

Do Imputed Earnings Earn Their Keep? Evaluating SIPP Earnings and Non-Response with Administrative Records

Rebecca L. Chenevert (U.S. Census Bureau)
Mark A. Klee (U.S. Census Bureau)
Kelly R. Wilkin (U.S. Census Bureau)

SRMI Multiple Imputation in the CPS ASEC

Charles Hokayem (Centre College)
Trivellore Raghunathan (University of Michigan)
Jonathan Rothbaum (U.S. Census Bureau)

Economic Cycles and Strategies: The Role of Transfers, Borrowing, and Self-Employment

Local Labor Demand and Program Participation Dynamics: Evidence from New York SNAP Administrative Records

Erik Scherpf (USDA Economic Research Service)
Benjamin Cerf Harris (U.S. Census Bureau)

Becoming Self-Employed During the Great Recession

Adela Luque (U.S. Census Bureau)
Maggie R. Jones (U.S. Census Bureau)

Changes in the Labor Market

The Recent Decline of Residential Mobility and Job Switching

Henry R. Hyatt (U.S. Census Bureau)
Erika McEntarfer (U.S. Census Bureau)
Ken Ueda (University of Maryland)
Alexandria Zhang (Johns Hopkins University)

Private Data

Modernizing Federal Economic Statistics

Ron Jarmin (U.S. Census Bureau)
William Bostic (U.S. Census Bureau)

Local Governments and the Housing Market

The Effects of Public Housing Demolitions on Long-Term Earnings of Children

Henry Pollakowski (Harvard University)
Fredrik Andersson (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Mark J. Kutzbach (U.S. Census Bureau)
Giordano Palloni (University of Maryland)

It's All about Technology

Finance and Growth at the Firm-Level: The Case of the Small Business Administration

John S. Earle (George Mason University)
J. David Brown (U.S. Census Bureau)

Public Economics: Education

Federal Grant Coverage of Female Graduate Students and Professors in STEM Programs: Evidence from STARMETRICS Data linked to the 2010 Census

Catherine Buffington (U.S. Census Bureau)

Using Linked Census and Administrative Data to Analyze Intergenerational and Geographic Mobility

Intergenerational Occupational Mobility across Six Generations in the U.S., 1850-2000

Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University)
Catherine Massey (U.S. Census Bureau)
Jonathan Rothbaum (U.S. Census Bureau)

Fathers, Children, and the Intergenrational Transmission of Employers

Martha Stinson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Chris Wignall (U.S. Census Bureau)

Evaluating the Roles of Employment, Earnings, and Living Costs in a Model of Migration

Hubert P. Janicki (U.S. Census Bureau)
Mark J. Kutzback (U.S. Census Bureau)
Adam Nowak (West Virginia University)
Danielle Sandler (U.S. Census Bureau)

Do Low Income Housing Tax Credits Provide Pathways to Better Neighborhoods? Evidence from a Clustered Regression Discontinuity Design

Quentin Brummet (U.S. Census Bureau)
Otavio Bartalotti (Tulane University)

New Developments in Firm Dynamics in Understanding Business Dynamism

Declining Business Dynanism: Declining Shocks vs. Declining Responsiveness to Shocks?

Ryan Decker (University of Maryland)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Ron Jarmin (U.S. Census Bureau)
Javier Miranda (U.S. Census Bureau)

Regulation and Implementation of Tax Systems

A Loan by Any Other Name: How State Policies Changed Advanced Tax Refund Payments

Maggie R. Jones (U.S. Census Bureau)

Wage Rigidity

Downward Wage Rigidity in the U.S.: New Evidence from Worker-Firm Linked Data

Andre Kurmann (Drexel University)
Erika McEntarfer (U.S. Census Bureau)
James Spletzer (U.S. Census Bureau)

Long Hours Jobs and Specialization in Marriage

Selection and Specialization in the Evolution of Couples' Earnings

Chinhui Juhn (University of Houston)
Kristin McCue (U.S. Census Bureau)

Productivity, Regulation and Allocation: Macro, Industry- and Firm-Level Evidence

Macro and Micro Dynamics of Productivity: Is the Devil in the Details?

Lucia S. Foster (U.S. Census Bureau)
Cheryl A. Grim (U.S. Census Bureau)
John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland and NBER)
Zoltan Wolf (Westat and U.S. Census Bureau)

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