Income, program participation, poverty, and financial vulnerability: Research and data needs

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI:10.3233/JEM-150397

James P. Ziliak

引用次数: 19

Abstract

This paper assesses the data infrastructure needed for future research and policy evaluation on income, program participation, poverty, and financial vulnerability in the United States. I present a broad-based discussion of research needs on the long-term consequences of income inequality and mobility, transfer-program participation and intergenerational dependence, poverty measurement and poverty persistence, and material deprivation. I summarize what information we currently collect in U.S. household panels, highlighting specific challenges such as earnings nonresponse and transfer-income underreporting. I conclude that a first priority is to improve the quality, scale, and scope of currently fielded surveys, including linked survey-administrative data, before embarking on a new longitudinal panel to address research on inequality, poverty, and material well being.

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收入、项目参与、贫困和金融脆弱性:研究和数据需求

本文评估了美国未来关于收入、项目参与、贫困和金融脆弱性的研究和政策评估所需的数据基础设施。我对收入不平等和流动性、转移支付项目参与和代际依赖、贫困衡量和贫困持续以及物质剥夺的长期后果进行了广泛的研究讨论。我总结了我们目前在美国家庭小组中收集的信息，强调了诸如收入不反应和转移收入少报等具体挑战。我的结论是，首先要提高目前实地调查的质量、规模和范围，包括相关的调查管理数据，然后再着手建立一个新的纵向小组来解决不平等、贫困和物质福利的研究。

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Journal of Economic and Social Measurement Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

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1.60

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic and Social Measurement (JESM) is a quarterly journal that is concerned with the investigation of all aspects of production, distribution and use of economic and other societal statistical data, and with the use of computers in that context. JESM publishes articles that consider the statistical methodology of economic and social science measurements. It is concerned with the methods and problems of data distribution, including the design and implementation of data base systems and, more generally, computer software and hardware for distributing and accessing statistical data files. Its focus on computer software also includes the valuation of algorithms and their implementation, assessing the degree to which particular algorithms may yield more or less accurate computed results. It addresses the technical and even legal problems of the collection and use of data, legislation and administrative actions affecting government produced or distributed data files, and similar topics. The journal serves as a forum for the exchange of information and views between data producers and users. In addition, it considers the various uses to which statistical data may be put, particularly to the degree that these uses illustrate or affect the properties of the data. The data considered in JESM are usually economic or social, as mentioned, but this is not a requirement; the editorial policies of JESM do not place a priori restrictions upon the data that might be considered within individual articles. Furthermore, there are no limitations concerning the source of the data.