scholarly journals Modelling charitable donations to an unexpected natural disaster: Evidence from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Brown ◽  
Mark N. Harris ◽  
Karl Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Charitable Donations ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Tenure, Turnover, And Earnings Profiles In Germany And The United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Couch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Turnover ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Employment Tenure ◽  
Returns To Experience ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Male Workers

Employment tenure, job turnover and returns to general and specific skills are examined for male workers in Germany and the United States using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.  Employment in Germany is characterized by longer duration and less frequent turnover than in the United States.  Returns to experience and tenure are lower in Germany than in the U.S.; however, peak earnings occur later.  This delayed peak in the employment-earnings profile provides an incentive for German workers to remain longer with their employers and change jobs less frequently.

scholarly journals The Effects of a Between-Wave Incentive Experiment on Contact Update and Production Outcomes in a Panel Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. McGonagle ◽  
Robert F. Schoeni ◽  
Mick P. Couper
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Overall Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Overall Response ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Contact Information ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Since 1969, families participating in the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) have been sent a mailing asking them to update or verify their contact information in order to keep track of their whereabouts between waves. Having updated contact information prior to data collection is associated with fewer call attempts, less tracking, and lower attrition. Based on these advantages, two experiments were designed to increase response rates to the between wave contact mailing. The first experiment implemented a new protocol that increased the overall response rate by 7-10 percentage points compared to the protocol in place for decades on the PSID. This article provides results from the second experiment which examines the basic utility of the between-wave mailing, investigates how incentives affect article cooperation to the update request and field effort, and attempts to identify an optimal incentive amount. Recommendations for the use of contact update strategies in panel studies are made.

Trends in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in the U.S.

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela R. Fertig
Keyword(s):  
Transition Matrix ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Earnings Mobility ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Matrix Coefficients ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The U.S

This paper examines the trend in intergenerational earnings mobility by estimating ordinary least squares, quantile regression, and transition matrix coefficients using five cohorts from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The results indicate that mobility in real earnings increased for sons with respect to fathers and remained constant for all other parent-child pairs. The findings from the father-son sample also suggest that the difference between the mobility levels of the rich and the poor narrowed over this period. These results suggest that a rise in equality of opportunity for sons accompanied the recent growth in inequality.

Food insecurity in the PSID: A comparison with the levels, trends, and determinants in the CPS, 1999–2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Laura Tiehen ◽  
Cody N. Vaughn ◽  
James P. Ziliak
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

Food insecurity, defined as a condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food, is a widely used measure of well-being in the U.S. The survey module in the Current Population Survey (CPS) that is used to generate the official U.S. food insecurity measure is also included on multiple waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), offering the first opportunity to answer key research questions on the persistence of food insecurity within and across generations. We assess the validity of the food insecurity measure in the PSID by comparing it to the CPS. We find that, although estimated food insecurity rates in the PSID are lower than those in the CPS, the trends over time in the two datasets are similar, and the rates converge from the 1999–2003 period to the 2015–17 period. Our findings lend credence to the use of the PSID for food insecurity research.

scholarly journals Keeping up with the Joneses: How Households Fared in the Era of High Income Inequality and the Housing Price Bubble, 1999–2007

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Fligstein ◽  
Orestes P Hastings ◽  
Adam Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
The United States ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Price Bubble ◽  
Housing Costs ◽  
The Status ◽  
Residential Moves ◽  
The U.S

Sociologists conceptualize lifestyles as structured hierarchically where people seek to emulate those higher up. Growing income inequality in the United States means those at the top bid up the price of valued goods like housing and those in lower groups have struggled to maintain their relative positions. We explore this process in the context of the U.S. housing market from 1999 to 2007 by analyzing over 4,000 residential moves from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Houses are the ultimate status symbol. Their size, quality, and location signal to others that one has (or has not) arrived. We show that in areas where income inequality was higher, all movers went deeper into debt and increased their monthly housing costs to live in more desirable neighborhoods. But because people at the top of the income distribution had so much more money, they were able to take on less debt to keep their position in the status queue. Everyone below them who made a move to buy a house took on more debt, particularly in areas with higher income inequality. This evidence suggests that growing inequality implies that those at the top buy the best homes while others struggle to keep pace amid rising housing costs.

scholarly journals Giving In A Time Of Terrorism

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter O. Simmons ◽  
Rosemarie Emanuele
Keyword(s):  
Panel Study ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

Recent research in psychology suggest that altruism and altruistic decisions may, in fact, be endogenous and depend on the social situation in which people find themselves. People are more likely to be altruistic, to give to charities and others in need, when they feel secure and safe. This paper looks at the implications of a persons perceived state of security on giving now that there are terrorist threats in the U.S. We use data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (the PSID) to test for endogenous changes in giving and volunteering from before and after the 2001 terrorist attacks. We find evidence indicating that increasing uncertainty resulted in a decline in the giving of both money and time, holding other variables constant, but the relationship is not significant.

scholarly journals The Longitudinal Revolution. Sociological Research at the 50-Year Milestone of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian T. Pfeffer ◽  
Paula Fomby ◽  
Noura Insolera
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Longitudinal Structure ◽  
Frequent Users ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. Initially designed to assess the nation’s progress in combatting poverty, PSID’s scope broadened quickly to a variety of topics and fields of inquiry. To date, sociologists are the second-most frequent users of PSID data after economists. Here, we describe the ways in which PSID’s history reflects shifts in social science scholarship and funding priorities over half a century, take stock of the most important sociological breakthroughs it facilitated, in particular those relying on the longitudinal structure of the data, and critically assess the unique advantages and limitations of the PSID and surveys like it for today’s sociological scholarship.

scholarly journals When equity matters for marital stability

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 1273-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Bellani ◽  
Gøsta Esping Andersen ◽  
Léa Pessin
Keyword(s):  
Event History Analysis ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Marital Stability ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Male Breadwinner ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The U.S

Comparing West Germany and the U.S., we analyze the association between equity—in terms of the relative gender division of paid and unpaid work hours—and the risk of marriage dissolution. Our aim is to identify under what conditions equity influences couple stability. We apply event-history analysis to marriage histories using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for West Germany and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for the U.S. for the period 1986–2009/10. For the U.S., we find that deviation from equity is particularly destabilizing when the wife underbenefits, especially when both partners’ paid work hours are similar. In West Germany, equity is less salient. Instead, we find that the male breadwinner model remains the single most stable couple arrangement.

scholarly journals Keeping up with the Joneses: How Households Fared in the Era of High Income Inequality and the Housing Price Bubble, 1999–2007

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 237802311772233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Fligstein ◽  
Orestes P. Hastings ◽  
Adam Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
The United States ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Price Bubble ◽  
Housing Costs ◽  
The Status ◽  
Residential Moves ◽  
The U.S

Sociologists conceptualize lifestyles as structured hierarchically where people seek to emulate those higher up. Growing income inequality in the United States means those at the top bid up the price of valued goods like housing and those in lower groups have struggled to maintain their relative positions. We explore this process in the context of the U.S. housing market from 1999 to 2007 by analyzing over 4,000 residential moves from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Houses are the ultimate status symbol. Their size, quality, and location signal to others that one has (or has not) arrived. We show that in areas where income inequality was higher, all movers went deeper into debt and increased their monthly housing costs to live in more desirable neighborhoods. But because people at the top of the income distribution had so much more money, they were able to take on less debt to keep their position in the status queue. Everyone below them who made a move to buy a house took on more debt, particularly in areas with higher income inequality. This evidence suggests that growing inequality implies that those at the top buy the best homes while others struggle to keep pace amid rising housing costs.

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