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Title: Using the Annual Social and Economic Supplement with Current Population Survey Panels

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: The Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) is the most widely used type of Current Population Survey (CPS) data because of its rich information on employment, unions, health insurance and taxes. Researchers typically use these data as repeated cross sections despite the longitudinal component of the CPS, which many researchers are unaware of and very few leverage. The IPUMS-CPS (https://cps.ipums.org) project at the University of Minnesota is undergoing a large-scale effort to unlock the enormous research potential of the CPS by making it easier to access and use monthly CPS data and to link observations over time. Making the ASEC available to the research community as part of the larger collection of linked CPS panel data is of enormous value given the widespread use of the ASEC. But the unique aspects of the ASEC compared to other Basic Monthly CPS files make it cumbersome to use it as part of a longitudinal CPS panel. This paper details the complexities of the ASEC oversampling and the creation of an identifier that links the ASEC and the March Basic Monthly data which drastically simplifies analyzing ASEC data as part of a panel of CPS observations.

Url: https://pop.umn.edu/sites/pop.umn.edu/files/4.workingpaper16.pdf

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Authors: Flood, Sarah; Pacas, Jose

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Publication Number: 2016-4

Institution: Minnesota Population Center

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Publisher Location: Minneapois, Minnesota

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection

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