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

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Questions about the seminars can be e-mailed to ces.seminars@census.gov

Discussion Papers

The Going Public Decision and the Product Market
Chemmanur, He, Nandy

The Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Values and Rents: Evidence from Restricted Census Microdata
Davis

Using Internal Current Population Survey Data to Reevaluate Trends in Labor Earnings Gaps by Gender, Race, and Education Level
Burkhauser, Larrimore

Market Forces, Plant Technology, and the Food Safety Technology Use
Ollinger, Moore

You Can Take it With You: Proposition 13 Tax Benefits, Residential Mobility, and Willingness to Pay for Housing Amenities
Ferreira

How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms? A Look Beneath the Surface
Chemmanur, Krishnan, Nandy

News

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.

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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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