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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income : implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2017
analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often making it seem that … data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly doubled while the effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716177
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Errors in survey reporting and imputation and their effects on estimates of food stamp program participation
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas; Goerge, Robert - 2018
Accurately measuring government benefit receipt in household surveys is necessary when studying disadvantaged populations and the programs that serve them. The Food Stamp Program is especially important given its size and recent growth. To validate survey reports, we use administrative data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904135
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The poverty reduction of social security and means-tested transfers
Meyer, Bruce D.; Wu, Derek - In: ILR review : the journal of work and policy 71 (2018) 5, pp. 1106-1153
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011920771
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Real-time poverty, material well-being, and the child tax credit
Han, Jeehoon; Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - In: National tax journal 75 (2022) 4, pp. 817-846
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013548752
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Errors in Survey Reporting and Imputation and Their Effects on Estimates of Food Stamp Program Participation
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas; Goerge, Robert M. - 2018
Accurately measuring government benefit receipt in household surveys is necessary when studying disadvantaged populations and the programs that serve them. The Food Stamp Program is especially important given its size and recent growth. To validate survey reports, we use administrative data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931741
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The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms
Meyer, Bruce D. - 2008
of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273965
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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income: Implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2015
analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … also greatly understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often …. Using the combined data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011461726
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Levels and changes in income poverty, consumption poverty, and material well-being: A response to Shaefer and Rivera (2018)
Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - 2018
on trends in income and consumption-based poverty measures in the United States. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439190
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The use and misuse of income data and extreme poverty in the United States
Meyer, Bruce D.; Wu, Derek; Mooers, Victoria R.; … - 2019
More than half of all misclassified households have incomes from the administrative data above the poverty line, and … contrast, the households kept from extreme poverty by in-kind transfers appear to be among the most materially deprived …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439208
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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income: Implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2015
analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … also greatly understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often …. Using the combined data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439292