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.
2008 Annual Research Report (PDF - 984kb)

News

Call For Papers - 2009 Census Research Data Center Conference
The 2009 Census Research Data Center Conference will be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on October 5 and 6. Highlights will include participation from researchers working in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as a poster presentation option in addition to the standard paper presentation format. Further details are available at the Cornell Virtual RDC .
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Call for Papers - Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data 2009
The 9th Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data Conference will be held from Friday, October 2 to Sunday, October 4, 2009 in Tokyo. This will be the first CAED Conference held in Asia. The aim of the CAED conferences is to promote scientific research using enterprise micro data. Details of the 2009 CAED Conference are available at the conference website. Call For Papers
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AHRQ Data Available Through Research Data Centers
The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is pleased to announce that the Census Bureau has reached agreement with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to make AHRQ's restricted Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data available to qualified researchers through the Census Research Data Center (RDC) network.
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Center for Economic Studies Dissertation Mentorship Program
The Center for Economic Studies wants to assist doctoral candidates who are actively engaged in dissertation research in economics or a related field using U.S. Census Bureau microdata at a Research Data Center.
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NCHS Announcement
As announced earlier, data from the National Center for Health Statistics are also available through the RDCs.

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Discussion Papers


The Margins of U.S. Trade (Long Version)
Bernard, Jensen, Redding, Schott

Long Term Effects of Military Service on the Distribution of Earnings
Frandsen

Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality
Silk, King III

Economic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services
Arzaghi, Berndt, Davis, Silk

Did Vietnam Veterans Get Sicker in the 1990s? The Complicated Effects of Military Service on Self-Reported Health
Angrist, Chen, Frandsen

Estimating the "True" Cost of Job Loss: Evidence Using Matched Data from Califormia 1991-2000
von Wachter, Handwerker, Hildreth

Concording U.S. Harmonized System Categories Over Time
Pierce, Schott

The Micro-Dynamics of Skill Mix Changes in a Dual Labor Market: The Spanish Manufacturing Experience
Luque, Krizan

Firms' Exporting Behavior under Quality Constraints
Hallak, Sivadasan

Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple Imputation Approach
Jenkins, Burkhauser, Feng, Larrimore

Credit Market Competition and the Nature of Firms
Cetorelli

Employer Health Benefit Costs and Demand for Part-Time Labor
Feenstra Schultz, Doorn

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