This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

556 * ! Wed, 8/4/2010, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-122 (West)
Implementing the Measuring American Poverty Act in States and Local Areas — Invited Papers
Social Statistics Section , Section on Government Statistics , Section on Survey Research Methods
Organizer(s): Mark Levitan, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity
Chair(s): Mark Levitan, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity
2:05 PM Using the American Community Survey (ACS) to Implement a National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-Style Poverty Measure Trudi Renwick, U.S. Census Bureau ; Mark Levitan, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity
2:25 PM Development of the Wisconsin Poverty Measure: Methods and Findings for 2008 Timothy Smeeding, Institute for Research on Poverty
2:45 PM Imputation Variance Estimation Protocols for the NAS Poverty Measure: The New York City Poverty Measure Experience Frank Potter, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ; Eric Grau, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ; John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ; Mark Levitan, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity
3:05 PM The Analysis of the TANF and Food Stamp Programs with Matched Administrative and Survey Data — George Falco, NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance ; Bruce D. Meyer, The University of Chicago
3:25 PM Discussant: Gayatri Koolwal, The World Bank
3:45 PM Floor Discussion



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