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Title: The Sources and Methods Used in the Creation of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being for the United States, 1959–2013

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2018

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3240945

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Abstract: This paper documents the sources of data used in the construction of the estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Wellbeing (LIMEW) for the years 1959, 1972, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013. It also documents the methods used to combine the various sources of data into the synthetic dataset used to produce each year’s LIMEW estimates.

Url: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3240945

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Authors: Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; Rios Avila, Fernando

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Institution: Levy Economics Institute

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Publisher Location: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Population Data Science

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