Research Program

The Center for Economic Studies (CES) and its network of Census Research Data Centers (RDCs) support and encourage research activity using Census Bureau microdata to improve Census Bureau programs. CES and the RDCs provide access to researchers, federal agencies, and other institutions to non-publicly available Census Bureau data files. 2006 Annual Research Report (PDF - 984kb)

Upcoming Seminars

05/29How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms: A Look Beneath the Surface
Nandy
06/05Long-Term Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings
Angrist
06/12TBA
Cetorelli
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Questions about the seminars can be e-mailed to ces.seminars@census.gov

Discussion Papers


Horizontal Diversification and Vertical Contracting: Firm Scope and Asset Ownership in Taxi Fleets
Rawley, Simcoe

A Warm Embrace or the Cold Shoulder: Wage and Employment Outcomes in Ethnic Enclaves
Pedace, Rohn

The Efficiency of Internal Capital Markets: Evidence from the Annual Capital Expenditure Survey
Agarwal, Souphom, Yamashiro

Trends in the Relative Household Income of Working-Age Men with Work Limitations: Correcting the Record Using Internal Current Population Survey Data
Burkhauser, Larrimore

Private Equity and Employment
Davis, Haltiwanger, Jarmin, Lerner, Miranda

Consistent Cell Means for Topcoded Incomes in the Public Use March CPS (1976-2007)
Larrimore, Burkhauser, Feng, Zayatz

News

Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data 2008
By: Admin Admin
Published: Nov 2, 2007

May 22-24, 2008
Central European University, Budapest

Call for Papers

CAED invites submissions of extended abstracts and session proposals for its 8th international conference on research using enterprise micro data. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, reallocation, productivity, ICT, innovation and R&D, competition, transition, development, labor, adjustment costs, environment, corporate governance, trade, and linked employer-employee analysis. The conference is organized by the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and the Central European University, with co-sponsorship from the Hungarian National Bank, U.S. Census Bureau, IAB, NORC, Hungarian Competition Authority, and OECD.

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 NCHS Announcement
By: Lynn Riggs
Published: Oct 9, 2007

As announced earlier, data from the National Center for Health Statistics are also available through the RDCs.

NCHS RDC Website
NCHS RDC Guidelines
NCHS RDC Datasets

AHRQ Announcement
By: Lynn Riggs
Published: Sep 19, 2007

The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is pleased to announce that the Census Bureau has reached agreement with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to make AHRQ's restricted Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data available to qualified researchers through the Census Research Data Center (RDC) network.
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