There is a significant opportunity to use a new data product from the
Census Bureau, SSA, and IRS that is now underway.
The Census Bureau recently released the beta version of a new data
product that links the Survey of Income and Program Participation to the
respondents' full lifetime history of earnings (W-2, box 1, uncapped)
since 1978 and FICA eligible earnings since 1937. Social Security
benefit information is also included. The proposed public-use data were
synthesized to protect confidentiality.
While the file is in beta, anyone may use it but an application is
necessary, and only the variables on the proposed public-use file can be
used. The benefit of using the beta version of this file is that your
analysis will also be run on the underlying confidential data without
further application. For those who are unfamiliar with these data, use
of the underlying confidential data (SIPP linked to SSA earnings)
normally requires approval of an RDC-based project.
Full description of the application process and data:
http://www.bls.census.gov/sipp/synth_data.html
Full description of the analysis environment on the Cornell Virtual RDC:
http://www.vrdc.cornell.edu/news/?page_id=276
Email address for questions and applications:
hhes.synthetic.data.use.list_at_census.gov
This project was supported by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Social
Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the National
Science Foundation.
Thanks,
John,
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John M. Abowd
Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and
Professor of Information Science
Director, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER)
Contact information: http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/jma7
Received on Wed Nov 14 2007 - 07:31:25 EST
