Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Abstract

The Future of the SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- GOALS -- SURVEY DESIGN -- DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING -- DATA PRODUCTS AND THEIR USE -- METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION -- MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Goals for SIPP -- Achieving SIPP's Goals -- Survey Design -- Data Collection and Processing -- Data Products and Their Use -- Methodological Research and Evaluation -- Management and Oversight -- 1 Introduction -- SIPP IN BRIEF -- SIPP TO -- Achievements -- Part-Year Poverty and Program Participation -- Multiple Program Participation -- Effect of Assets on Program Eligibility and Poverty -- Health Insurance Coverage -- Behavioral Dynamics -- Problems -- LOOKING TO THE FUTURE -- Roles for SIPP -- The Panel's Report -- 2 Goals for SIPP -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIPP AND ITS GOALS -- The Income Survey Development Program -- Early SIPP Goals -- Assessments of Early Goals -- VIEWS ABOUT SIPP'S GOALS -- The CNSTAT Report -- Conference on the Future of SIPP -- The Role of SIPP in Improving Income Data -- An Outside Perspective -- Census Bureau Perspective -- RECOMMENDATION -- 3 Achieving SIPP's Goals -- IMPROVING DATA ON INCOME AND OTHER ECONOMIC RESOURCES -- Income and Related Measures -- Measures Relevant to Programs -- Measures of Taxes and After-Tax Income -- Valuation of In-Kind Benefits -- Static and Dynamic Measures Related to Family Characteristics -- New Forms of Income and Other Economic Resources -- Recommendation -- Assets and Asset Income -- Other Resources -- IMPROVING DATA ON PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION -- Improved Eligibility Measures -- Spell Information -- Emerging Programs and Program Changes -- Recommendation -- TOPICAL MODULES -- SIPP AND THE MARCH CPS -- SIPP AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- 4 Survey Design.