Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

The LEHD program maintains an active research program oriented on the use of longitudinally linked employer-employee data. This includes activities such as developing new prototypes for data products, research comparing administrative and survey data, and working to expand use of administrative data in the federal statistical system. LEHD economists share their research at academic conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly outlets

Research using LEHD microdata is also carried out by qualified academic researchers under approved projects using a secure network of Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDCs). Please use the following link to view more information on accessing LEHD data through the FSRDCs.

Recent Working Papers

The following set of working papers highlight recent research of LEHD staff and FSRDC researchers using LEHD data. Older working papers can be found in the CES discussion paper series . Prior to 2008, a separate LEHD Technical Paper series was maintained.

• Determination of the 2020 U.S. Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) Using Administrative Records and Statistical Methodology Technical Report
  John M. Abowd; William R. Bell; J. David Brown; Michael B. Hawes; Misty L. Heggeness; Andrew D. Keller; Vincent T. Mule Jr.; Joseph L. Schafer; Matthew Spence; Lawrence Warren; Moises Yi (20-33 )
  


• Male Earnings Volatility in LEHD before, during, and after the Great Recession
  Kevin L. McKinney; John M. Abowd (20-31 )
  


• Total Error and Variability Measures for the Quarterly Workforce Indicators and LEHD Origin Destination Employment Statistics in OnTheMap
  Kevin L. McKinney; Andrew S. Green; Lars Vilhuber; John M. Abowd (20-30 )
  


• United States Earnings Dynamics: Inequality, Mobility, and Volatility
  Kevin L. McKinney; John M. Abowd; John Sabelhaus (20-29 )
  


• A New Measure of Multiple Jobholding in the U.S. Economy
  Keith A. Bailey; James R. Spletzer (20-26 )
  


• The Impact of 2010 Decennial Census Hiring on the Unemployment Rate
  Jonathan Eggleston; Mark Klee; Kristin McCue; Kristin Sandusky; Jim Spletzer (20-19 )
  


• Maternal Labor Dynamics: Participation, Earnings, and Employer Changes
  Danielle Sandler; Nichole Szembrot (19-33 )
  


• Pandemic Recession: L or V-Shaped?
  Victoria Gregory; Guido Menzio; David G. Wiczer (NBER Working Paper No. 27105 )
  


• Predicting the Effect of Adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
  J. David Brown; Misty L. Heggeness; Suzanne M. Dorinski; Lawrence Warren; Moises Yi (19-18 )
  


• Employee Costs of Corporate Bankruptcy
  John R. Graham; Hyunseob Kim; Si Li; Jiaping Qiu (NBER Working Paper No. 25922 )
  

Meet the Economists

• Andrew Foote, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
• Henry Hyatt, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
• Hubert Janicki, Ph.D., Arizona State University
• Erika McEntarfer, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
• Kevin McKinney, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
• Kristin Sandusky, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• James Spletzer, Ph.D., Northwestern University
• Lee Tucker, Ph.D., Boston University
• Larry Warren, Ph.D., University of Iowa
• Moises Yi, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley