Alexander, J. Trent; Davern, Michael; Stevenson, Betsey - CESifo - 2010
We discover and document errors in public use microdata samples ("PUMS files") of the 2000 Census, the 2003 …-specific population estimates generated from the PUMS files differ by as much as 15% from counts in published data tables. Moreover, an …-product of the misapplication of a newer generation of disclosure avoidance procedures carried out on the data. The resulting …