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What's New: Center for Economic Studies Dissertation Mentorship Program ⋅ CES Staff Awarded Commerce Department Bronze Medal ⋅ Employment Opportunities

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. Read More → 2007 Annual Research Report (PDF - 984kb) Upcoming Seminars 01/08 The Interaction of Risk Preferences, Religiosity, and Gender in Explaining Risky Behaviors Siegel Download Seminar Schedule Complete Seminar Schedule → Questions about the seminars can be e-mailed to ces.seminars@census.gov

Discussion Papers New Popular Recent Access Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices Hortacsu, Syverson Manufacturing Plants' Use of Temporary Workers: An Analysis Using Census Micro Data Ono, Sullivan Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey Fairlie, Robb Measuring Labor Earnings Inequality Using Public-Use March Current Population Survey Data: The Value of Including Variances and Cell Means When Imputing Topcoded Values Burkhauser, Feng, Larrimore Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Glaeser, Kerr Linking Investment Spikes and Productivity Growth: U.S. Food Manufacturing Industry Geylani, Stefanou Complete Papers List →

News Center for Economic Studies Dissertation Mentorship Program By: Brian Holly Published: Dec 17, 2008 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. Program participants will be assigned one or more CES staff economists as mentors, who will advise students on issues related to the use of Census Bureau microdata. Program participants will also be invited to visit the Center for Economic Studies at Census Bureau headquarters in Washington D.C., to meet with staff economists and to present research in progress. Trip expenses (airfare, hotel, and meals) will be paid for by CES. Download the program flyer from the Forms and Documents link under Quick Links. Read More→ CES Staff Awarded Commerce Department Bronze Medal By: Brian Holly Published: Dec 17, 2008 CES Disclosure Officer Arnie Reznek, Lead RDC Administrator Lynn Riggs, and systems specialist Bill Yates were awarded the Commerce Department's Bronze Medal on December 17th for their roles in the development and implementation of CES' Web based Disclosure Avoidance Request Tracking System (DARTS). This innovation automates the disclosure request, review and release process for active research projects via the CES project management system, making the entire process speedier and more efficient. Congratulations to Arnie, Lynn, and Bill on their singular achievement and well deserved recognition. Read More→ Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) Launched By: Brian Holly Published: Dec 2, 2008 The U.S. Census Bureau announces the release of the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS), a data series that allows users to track annual changes in employment for growing and shrinking businesses at the establishment level. Read More→

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