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Activity Number:
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249
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #300101 |
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Title:
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Measurement Issues Associated with Using Survey Data Matched with Administrative Data from the Social Security Administration
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Author(s):
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Paul Davies and Lynn Fisher*+
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Companies:
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Social Security Administration and Social Security Adminsitration
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Address:
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9th Floor ITC Building, Washington, DC, 20254,
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Keywords:
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Supplemental Security Income ; Social Security ; earnings ; disability ; deferred compensation ; administrative data match
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Abstract:
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Researchers using survey data matched with administrative data benefit from the rich demographic and economic detail available from survey data combined with detailed programmatic data from administrative records. The research benefits of using these matched data are too numerous to mention, but there are also drawbacks which have received less systematic attention from researchers. We focus on survey data matched with administrative data from the Social Security Administration and address the strengths and weaknesses of each for program participation and benefits, disability and health information, earnings, and deferred compensation. We discuss the implications for decisions that researchers must make regarding the appropriate data source and definition for the concepts in question and draw some general conclusions about measurement issues associated with using matched data.
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