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Estimating trends in US income inequality using the current population survey : the importance of controlling for censoring
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, Stephen - 2008
Using internal and public use March Current Population Survey data, we analyze trends in US income inequality (19752004 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755549
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Measuring labor earnings inequality using public-use march current population survey data : the value of including variances and cell means when imputing topcoded values
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Larrimore, Jeff - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003776009
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Lifecycle asset allocation strategies and the distribution of 401 (k) retirement wealth
Poterba, James M.; Rauh, Joshua; Venti, Steven F.; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285428
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Beyond BMI : the value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research
Cawley, John H.; Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333474
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Measuring inequality using censored data : a multiple imputation approach
Jenkins, Stephen; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang - 2009
using complete data methods. Estimation and inference uses Reiter's (Survey Methodology 2003) formulae. Using Current … Population Survey (CPS) internal data, we find few statistically significant differences in income inequality for pairs of years … ; topcoding ; partially synthetic data ; CPS ; Current Population Survey ; Generalized Beta of the Second Kind distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810324
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Measuring inequality using censored data : a multiple imputation approach
Jenkins, Stephen; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang - 2009
using complete data methods. Estimation and inference uses Reiter's (Survey Methodology 2003) formulae. Using Current … Population Survey (CPS) internal data, we find few statistically significant differences in income inequality for pairs of years … ; topcoding ; partially synthetic data ; CPS ; current population survey ; generalized beta of the second kind distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003818749
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Differences in the US trends in the prevalence of obesity based on body mass index and skinfold thickness
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Cawley, John H.; Schmeiser, … - 2009
"There are several ways to measure fatness and obesity, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The primary measure for tracking the prevalence of obesity has historically been body mass index (BMI). This paper compares long-run trends in the prevalence of obesity when obesity is defined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003849021
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Recent trends in top income shares in the USA : reconciling estimates from March CPS and IRS tax return data
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, Stephen - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003885796
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Recent trends in top income shares in the USA : reconciling estimates from march CPS and IRS tax return data
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, Stephen - 2009
Although the majority of research on US income inequality trends is based on public-use March CPS data, a new wave of research using IRS tax return data reports substantially higher levels of inequality and faster growing trends. We show that these apparently inconsistent estimates are largely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899757
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The decline of defined benefit retirement plans and asset flows
Poterba, James M.; Venti, Steven F.; Wise, David A. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003411282