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While the U.S. Census Bureau has microdata files from the 1960 through 1990 Decennial Censuses, respondent names were never digitized. Names from these censuses are only available in handwritten form on microfilm images of the original census manuscripts. In this paper, we document the 1990 Census Name Recovery Pilot (NRP) project, which was used to identify the most accurate and cost-effective means to recover respondent names, focusing on the example of the 1990 Census. In addition to describing the four stages of the project, the results of the NRP are presented in detail. The NRP showed that respondent names can be accurately digitized to support the integration of the 1960 through 1990 Censuses into the Census Bureau's infrastructure of linked data from censuses, surveys, and administrative records.

We measure the sensitivity of work effort to local labour market conditions using self‐reported non‐work at the workplace in the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) 2003–12. Non‐work at work is quantitatively significant and varies positively with local unemployment, but in opposite directions at the extensive and intensive margins. The fraction of workers reporting positive values declines with unemployment, while time spent in non‐work conditional on any such time rises with unemployment. The results speak to issues of labour hoarding, efficiency wages and the cyclicality of labour productivity. We also demonstrate a relationship between the incidence of non‐work and unemployment benefits in state data linked to the ATUS. There are also pronounced occupational differences in the incidence and intensity of non‐work.

ABSTRACTThe Great Migration from the South and the rise of racial residential segregation strongly shaped the twentieth-century experience of African Americans. Yet, little attention has been devoted to how the two phenomena were linked, especially with respect to the individual experiences of the migrants. We address this gap by using novel data that links individual records from the complete-count 1940 Census to those in the 2000 Census long form, in conjunction with information about the level of racial residential segregation in metropolitan areas in 1940 and 2000. We first consider whether migrants from the South and their children experienced higher or lower levels of segregation in 1940 relative to their counterparts who were born in the North or who remained in the South. Next, we extend our analysis to second-generation Great Migration migrants and their segregation outcomes by observing their location in 2000. Additionally, we assess whether second-generation migrants experience larger decreases in their exposure to segregation as their socioeconomic status increases relative to their southern and/or northern stayer counterparts. Our study significantly advances our understanding of the Great Migration and the "segregated century."

Purpose: To estimate the effects of a workplace initiative to reduce work–family conflict on employee performance. Design: A group-randomized multisite controlled experimental study with longitudinal follow-up. Setting: An information technology firm. Participants: Employees randomized to the intervention (n = 348) and control condition (n = 345). Intervention: An intervention, "Start. Transform. Achieve. Results." to enhance employees' control over their work time, to increase supervisors' support for this change, and to increase employees' and supervisors' focus on results. Methods: We estimated the effect of the intervention on 9 self-reported employee performance measures using a difference-in-differences approach with generalized linear mixed models. Performance measures included actual and expected hours worked, absenteeism, and presenteeism. Results: This study found little evidence that an intervention targeting work–family conflict affected employee performance. The only significant effect of the intervention was an approximately 1-hour reduction in expected work hours. After Bonferroni correction, the intervention effect is marginally insignificant at 6 months and marginally significant at 12 and 18 months. Conclusion: The intervention reduced expected working time by 1 hour per week; effects on most other employee self-reported performance measures were statistically insignificant. When coupled with the other positive wellness and firm outcomes, this intervention may be useful for improving employee perceptions of increased access to personal time or personal wellness without sacrificing performance. The null effects on performance provide countervailing evidence to recent negative press on work–family and flex work initiatives.