Jon Rothbaum
@jlrothbaum.bsky.social
Economist, U.S. Census Bureau,
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ecuador
(All opinions are mine).
https://jrothbaum.github.io/
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ecuador
(All opinions are mine).
https://jrothbaum.github.io/
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Jon Rothbaum
@jlrothbaum.bsky.social
· Jul 14
New research from the NEWS project on income and poverty from 2016-2021
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.
Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.
Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html
To be useful in my government-shutdown time off, I've worked on public-use analogs to tools that have been useful at work.
jrothbaum.github.io/survey_kit/ - a package for complex survey data, handling nonrespresentative samples in surveys/polls, properly handling missing data, etc.
jrothbaum.github.io/survey_kit/ - a package for complex survey data, handling nonrespresentative samples in surveys/polls, properly handling missing data, etc.
Survey-Kit
jrothbaum.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To be useful in my government-shutdown time off, I've worked on public-use analogs to tools that have been useful at work.
jrothbaum.github.io/survey_kit/ - a package for complex survey data, handling nonrespresentative samples in surveys/polls, properly handling missing data, etc.
jrothbaum.github.io/survey_kit/ - a package for complex survey data, handling nonrespresentative samples in surveys/polls, properly handling missing data, etc.
New research from the NEWS project on income and poverty from 2016-2021
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.
Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.
Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html
July 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New research from the NEWS project on income and poverty from 2016-2021
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.
Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.
Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html
If you use Stata and parquet files, I developed a stata plugin that could help: ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode.... You can read/write parquet files directly from stata (Caveat: tested on windows and linux, but not mac)
PQ: Stata module to read, write, and manage Parquet files in
pq provides commands for working with Apache Parquet files in Stata. Parquet is a columnar storage file format designed to efficiently store and process large datasets. This package allows Stata users
ideas.repec.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you use Stata and parquet files, I developed a stata plugin that could help: ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode.... You can read/write parquet files directly from stata (Caveat: tested on windows and linux, but not mac)
*new research from NEWS project*
Using linked survey, census, admin and commercial data, we aim to produce the best estimates of income & poverty in the US.
We find disposable median hhld income is 7.1% higher and SPM poverty is 2.4pp lower than 2018 survey-based estimates. (1/n)
Using linked survey, census, admin and commercial data, we aim to produce the best estimates of income & poverty in the US.
We find disposable median hhld income is 7.1% higher and SPM poverty is 2.4pp lower than 2018 survey-based estimates. (1/n)
January 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
*new research from NEWS project*
Using linked survey, census, admin and commercial data, we aim to produce the best estimates of income & poverty in the US.
We find disposable median hhld income is 7.1% higher and SPM poverty is 2.4pp lower than 2018 survey-based estimates. (1/n)
Using linked survey, census, admin and commercial data, we aim to produce the best estimates of income & poverty in the US.
We find disposable median hhld income is 7.1% higher and SPM poverty is 2.4pp lower than 2018 survey-based estimates. (1/n)