Income & Poverty

Using SNAP and TANF Admin Records to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

In this paper, we link SNAP and TANF administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine outcomes related to poverty measurement.

Modeling Shared Responsibility Payments from the Affordable Care Act

This paper explores the possibility of modeling and adding the shared responsibility payment from the Affordable Care Act into the CPS ASEC tax model.

Multidimensional Skills and the Returns to Schooling

This paper uses administrative earnings records and panel data factor models to improve estimates of the marginal returns to schooling.

SPM Median Rent Index Excluding Housing Assistance Recipients

This paper evaluates the impact of excluding housing assistance recipients from the estimation of the index used to adjust thresholds for the SPM.

How husbands and wives report their earnings when she earns more

This paper compares the earnings reported for husbands and wives in the CPS with their “true” earnings from administrative income-tax records.

Household Debt and Wealth Housing Tenure

Using SIPP data, this study identifies the effect of household debt and wealth on household’s transition from homeowner to renter or from renter to homeowner.

Deconstructing Poverty Rates among the 65 and Older Population

This paper investigates the underlying causes and explanations of the first increase in 6 years in poverty among individuals aged 65 and over using the SPM.

Unpacking Earnings of the Foreign-Born Workforce

Using SNAP Admin Records and TRIM3 to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

In this poster, we link state SNAP administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine two outcomes related to poverty measurement.

Using SNAP Admin Records and TRIM3 to Evaluate Poverty Measurement

In this paper, we link state SNAP administrative records and Transfer Income Model data to the CPS ASEC to examine two outcomes related to poverty measurement.

Changing the Housing Share of Poverty Thresholds for the SPM

This paper looks at the impact of allowing the housing share of the thresholds to vary by housing size and the impact of using alternative equivalence scales.