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Quick Links

• ADRF Login (Okta sign-in required)

  • Setting up your ADRF Account

• ADRF User Guide

Class materials

• Project Template (PDF)

• Project Template (Word Document)

• ADRF Do's and Don'ts

• JupyterLab Tips

• Employment Measures Description

DATA DOCUMENTATION

Database Diagram

• Indiana Family and Social Services Administration:

  • Case-level file (case_month)

  • Joined person- and case-level selected information (person_month_clean)

• Indiana Department of Workforce Development:

  • Unemployment Insurance wage records (ui_wages)

  • Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (qcew_employers)

Recommended Readings

The Big Data and Social Science introductory textbook was created and edited by the Applied Data Analytics program directors, Drs. Ghani, Kreuter, and Lane - while running the initial three Applied Data Analytics training programs for Federal Statistical agencies in 2014-2015. Specific chapters are linked in the project template.

If you have any resources you would like to share with the class, please email us at training@coleridgeinitiative.org.

Lit review sources

• F. Andersson, H. J. Holzer, J. I. Lane, Moving Up Or Moving On: Who Gets Ahead in the Low-Wage Labor Market? (Russell Sage Foundation, 2005).

• F. Andersson, H. J. Holzer, J. Lane, in Studies of labor market intermediation (University of Chicago Press, 2009), pp. 373–398.

• H. David, S. N. Houseman, Do temporary-help jobs improve labor market outcomes for low-skilled workers? Evidence from" Work First". Am. Econ. J. Appl. Econ. 2, 96–128 (2010).

• “The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policy” (Washington, D.C.).

• B. D. Meyer, J. X. Sullivan, “Measuring the well-being of the poor using income and consumption” (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003).

• B. D. Meyer, W. K. C. Mok, J. X. Sullivan, “The under-reporting of transfers in household surveys: its nature and consequences” (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009).

• David W. Stevens, 2007. "Employment that is not covered by state unemployment insurance Laws," Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers 2007-04, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

• Z. Mumtaz, P. Whiteford, 2021. “Machine Learning Based Approach for Sustainable Social Protection Policies in Developing Societies” (Springer Science + Business Media, LLC)

Additional report sources

• MDRC.org/publications

• Making Data Work for Families: Expanding impactful use of data with the Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center and TANF Data Innovations

• https://www.chapinhall.org/project/making-data-work-for-families/

• https://www.chapinhall.org/project/administrative-data-for-the-public-good/

• https://www.chapinhall.org/project/studies-explore-use-of-administrative-data/

• https://www.cbpp.org/research/lessons-churned-measuring-the-impact-of-churn-in-health-and-human-services-programs-on

• https://www.bls.gov/respondents/mwr/electronic-data-interchange/file-formats.pdf

*Disclaimer: This reference list is illustrative, not exhaustive. We are delighted to include any other useful references provided by class participants.