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Activity Number: 52
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 3, 2008 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #300929
Title: Attrition in the Tax Years 1999--2005 Individual Income Tax Return Panel
Author(s): Victoria Bryant*+
Companies: Statistics of Income, IRS
Address: P.O. Box 2608, Washington, DC, 20013,
Keywords: Income Tax ; Panel ; Attrition
Abstract:

Policy research is increasingly being done on panel data; attrition can undermine validity and misrepresent results of many policy analyses. Using the Individual Income Tax Return Panel for Tax Years 1999-2005, this paper will examine panel attrition. It assesses the observed rate to determine the predictability over time. Finally, it will present several tabular representation problems hindering analysis.

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