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.
2007 Annual Research Report (PDF - 984kb)

Upcoming Seminars

11/05Imports 'R' Us: Retail Chains as Platforms for Developing-Country Imports
Basker
11/20Comparison of Energy Efficiency Frontiers Across Multiple Manufacturing Sectors
Boyd
12/11RESCHEDULED: Credit Market Competition and the Nature of Firms
Cetorelli
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Questions about the seminars can be e-mailed to ces.seminars@census.gov

Discussion Papers

The Structure of Firm R&D and the Factor Intensity of Production
Adams

The Determinants of U.S. Intra-Industry Trade
Scherer, Huh

Private Equity and Employment
Davis, Haltiwanger, Jarmin, Lerner, Miranda

Productivity Dispersion and Input Prices: The Case of Electricity
Davis, Grim, Haltiwanger

Testing the Advantages of Using Product Level Data to Create Linkages Across Industrial Coding Systems
Peck

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
Glaeser, Kerr

News

New Decennial Census Data Available
By: Brian Holly
Published: Oct 27, 2008

Major additions and revisions to confidential decennial census files will make it easier to conduct research on multiple years of data. 1970 and 1980 100-percent and sample (long form) decennial census files are now available through the Census Research Data Centers.
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CES Annual Research Report for 2007 Available
By: Brian Holly
Published: Oct 22, 2008

The 2007 edition of the CES Annual Research Report has been published and is available for download from the CES website. Interested persons can download the document in Portable Document Format (PDF) by clicking on the cover image above under Research Program at the top of this page or by going to the Forms and Documents link under Quick links.
OnTheMap Version 3.1
By: Brian Holly
Published: Oct 22, 2008

Where are the jobs and workers? How have they changed over time? These questions are critical for understanding the dynamics of a nation’s local and regional labor markets and their impacts on society. The U.S. Census Bureau’s OnTheMap offers an innovative, real-life solution for data users to easily visualize the location of as many as 150 million current workers and 190 million current jobs in the United States at unprecedented geographic detail, while still strictly protecting confidentiality.
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