Correcting Employment Rates in the 2000 Decennial Census Using Information from the CPS-Census 2000
The decennial census for 2000 shows a much lower employment rate for U.S. adults than the Current Population Surveys (CPS) does. This paper corrects the data from the decennial census for reporting error and still finds a substantially lower employment rate, especially among young blacks and Hispanics, than in the CPS.
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2005-05
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Authors: | Schmitt, John ; Baker, Dean |
Institutions: | Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) |
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