BOOK REVIEWS - Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition
In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 712-714
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 712-714
ISSN: 0276-8739
In: NBER Working Paper No. w20066
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In: Family relations, Band 45, Heft 3, S. 354
ISSN: 1741-3729
In: American economic review, Band 89, Heft 2, S. 18-22
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: NBER Working Paper No. w28157
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In: US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-13-48
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w22721
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In: US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-13-48RR
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 451
ISSN: 1520-6688
In: Journal of survey statistics and methodology: JSSAM, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 589-619
ISSN: 2325-0992
Abstract
The National Science Foundation-Census Bureau Research Network (NCRN) was established in 2011 to create interdisciplinary research nodes on methodological questions of interest and significance to the broader research community and to the Federal Statistical System (FSS), particularly to the Census Bureau. The activities to date have covered both fundamental and applied statistical research and have focused at least in part on the training of current and future generations of researchers in skills of relevance to surveys and alternative measurement of economic units, households, and persons. This article focuses on some of the key research findings of the eight nodes, organized into six topics: (1) improving census and survey data-quality and data collection methods; (2) using alternative sources of data; (3) protecting privacy and confidentiality by improving disclosure avoidance; (4) using spatial and spatio-temporal statistical modeling to improve estimates; (5) assessing data cost and data-quality tradeoffs; and (6) combining information from multiple sources. The article concludes with an evaluation of the ability of the FSS to apply the NCRN's research outcomes, suggests some next steps, and discusses the implications of this research-network model for future federal government research initiatives.