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Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of
Changes in Social Welfare Programs

AGENDA

Thursday, December 16, 1999

8:30a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Robert Moffitt, Panel Chair, Johns Hopkins University

Andrew White, Acting Director, Committee on National Statistics

Patricia Ruggles, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services

Session 1: Non-response in Surveys of the Low Income Population

Chair: Richard Kulka, Research Triangle Institute

9:15a.m. - 10:10a.m.

9:15a.m. Evaluating Non-response in Surveys of the Low Income Population

Authors: Robert Groves and Mick Couper, Institute for Survey Research, University of Michigan

9:45a.m. Discussant: Mike Brick, Westat

9:55a.m. Open Discussion Time

Session 2: Obtaining High Response Rates

Chair: John Adams, RAND

10:10a.m. - 11:40a.m.

10:10a.m. Methods for Obtaining High Response Rates for Telephone Surveys

Author: David Cantor and Patricia Cunningham, Westat

10:40a.m. Methods for Obtaining High Response Rates for In-Person Surveys

Author: Barbara Bailar and Charlene Weiss, National Opinion

Research Center, University of Chicago

11:10a.m. Discussant: Betsy Martin, Census Bureau

11:25a.m. Open Discussion

11:40a.m. Break

11:50a.m. Incentive Payments for Surveys

Authors: Eleanor Singer, University of Michigan

and Richard Kulka, Research Triangle Institute

12:20p.m. Discussant: Sandra Berry, RAND

12:30p.m. Open Discussion

Luncheon/Address (NAS Green Building Refectory)

12:45p.m. Lunch

1:30p.m. Luncheon Address: Data Federalism

Chair and Introductions: Eric Hanushek, University of Rochester

Keynote Address: Janet Norwood, former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

2:30p.m. Break

Session 3: Measurement Error Issues on Surveys of the Low Income Population

Chair: John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research

2:45p.m. - 3:40p.m.

2:45p.m. Measurement Error Issues on Surveys of the Low Income Population

Author: Nancy Mathiowetz, University of Maryland

3:15p.m. Discussant: Jeffrey Moore, Census Bureau

3:25p.m. Open Discussion Time

3:40p.m. Break

Session 4: Obtaining Information on Eligible Non-Participants

Chair: Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University

3:50p.m. - 5:00p.m.

3:50p.m. Using Microsimulation and Administrative Data to Identify the Eligible Nonparticipants in Safety Net Programs

Author: Linda Giannarelli, Shelia Zedlewski, Joyce Merton

and Donald Alderson, The Urban Institute

4:20p.m. Discussant: Harold Beebout, Mathematica Policy Research

4:30p.m. Open Discussion Time

5:00p.m. Reception (NAS Green Building, Room 130 and North Lounge

6:00p.m. Adjourn

Friday, December 17, 1999

8:30a.m. Continental Breakfast

Session 5: Administrative Data Topics

Chair: Joseph Hotz, University of California, Los Angeles

9:00a.m. - 10:30a.m.

9:00a.m. Matching and Cleaning Administrative Data

Authors: Robert Goerge and Bong Joo Lee, Chapin Hall Center for

Children, University of Chicago

9:30a.m. Discussant: William Winkler, Census Bureau

9:40a.m. Access and Confidentiality Issues with Administrative Data

Authors: Henry Brady and Anne Powell, University of California -

Berkeley; and Werner Schink, California Department of Social Services

10:10a.m. Discussant: Laura Zayatz, Census Bureau

10:20a.m. Open Discussion

10:40a.m. Break

Session 6: Qualitative Data Sources

Chair: Kathryn Edin, University of Pennsylvania

11:00a.m. - 12:00p.m.

11:00a.m. The Right (Soft) Stuff: Qualitative Methods and the Study of Welfare Reform

Author: Katherine Newman, Harvard University

11:30a.m. Discussant: Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania

11:40a.m. Open Discussion Time

Luncheon Address (Holiday Inn)

12:00p.m. Lunch

12:45p.m. Lunch Address: Measuring Child Outcomes

Chair and Introductions: Suzanne Randolph, University of Maryland

Speaker: Kristin Moore, Child Trends

1:30p.m. Break

Session 7: Measuring Outcomes Relevant for Welfare Reform Evaluations

Chair: Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania

1:45p.m. - 3:15p.m.

1:45p.m. Measuring Employment Outcomes with Administrative and Survey Data

Author: Joseph Hotz, UCLA, and Karl Scholz, University of

Wisconsin- Madison

2:15p.m. Discussant: Howard Bloom, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

2:25p.m. Open Discussion Time

2:35p.m. Administrative and Population Survey Data on the Well-Being of Children

On and Off Welfare

Author: Richard Barth and Eleanor Locklin, University of North

Carolina,Chapel Hill; Barbara Needell and

Stephanie Cuccaro-Alamin, University of California, Berkeley

3:05p.m. Discussant: Matt Stagner, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services

3:15p.m. Open Discussion Time

3:30p.m. Workshop Summary

Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University

(Open discussion time and a summary of the workshop.)

4:00p.m. Adjourn