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Abstract #302548

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Activity Number: 115
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 8, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #302548
Title: Improving Our Ability To Estimate the Impact of Changes to the Transfer System and Measure Economic Well-being: The Legacy of Pat Doyle's Early Work
Author(s): Harold Beebout and John Czajka*+
Companies: Child and Family Services Agency and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Address: , Washington, DC, 20024-2520,
Keywords: Welfare policy ; SIPP ; Microsimulation ; Eligibility ; Imputation ; Program benefits
Abstract:

Pat Doyle's early work led to important improvements in welfare policy by improving our understanding of the economic well-being of low-income families and the potential for improving their well-being through improved access to safety net programs, particularly the Food Stamp Program. The specific technical contributions this paper discusses are: (1) improvements in measuring the economic status of low-income families by strengthening the income imputation procedures used in key national surveys, such as the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); (2) improvements in the SIPP's content and questions, particularly the sections related to eligibility for program benefits; and (3) the application of microsimulation as a tool for assessing the cost and distributional effects of welfare and nutrition reform proposals. This paper will review these contributions and reflect on the current priorities for continuing development in these areas.

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