Jack DeWaard1, Janna Johnson1, Stephan Whitaker2. 1. University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States of America. 2. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, United States of America.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We introduce and provide the first comprehensive comparative assessment of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York/Equifax Consumer Credit Panel (CCP) as a valuable and underutilized dataset for studying internal migration within the United States. Relative to other data sources on US internal migration, the CCP permits highly detailed cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of migration, both temporally and geographically. OBJECTIVE: We seek to demonstrate the comparative utility and some of the unique advantages of the CCP relative to other data sources on US internal migration. METHODS: We compare cross-sectional and longitudinal estimates of migration from the CCP to similar estimates derived from the American Community Survey, the Current Population Survey, Internal Revenue Service data, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. RESULTS: Our results firmly establish the comparative utility and clearly illustrate some of the unique advantages of the CCP relative to other data sources on US internal migration. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude by identifying some profitable directions for future research on US internal migration using the CCP, as well as reminding readers of the strengths and limitations of these data. CONTRIBUTION: We provide an introduction to the CCP as a comprehensive comparative point of reference to stimulate future research on US internal migration using these data. More broadly, this paper contributes to research on the use of non-traditional data sources to study migration given well-documented problems with the availability, quality, and comparability of migration data from traditional sources.
BACKGROUND: We introduce and provide the first comprehensive comparative assessment of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York/Equifax Consumer Credit Panel (CCP) as a valuable and underutilized dataset for studying internal migration within the United States. Relative to other data sources on US internal migration, the CCP permits highly detailed cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of migration, both temporally and geographically. OBJECTIVE: We seek to demonstrate the comparative utility and some of the unique advantages of the CCP relative to other data sources on US internal migration. METHODS: We compare cross-sectional and longitudinal estimates of migration from the CCP to similar estimates derived from the American Community Survey, the Current Population Survey, Internal Revenue Service data, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. RESULTS: Our results firmly establish the comparative utility and clearly illustrate some of the unique advantages of the CCP relative to other data sources on US internal migration. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude by identifying some profitable directions for future research on US internal migration using the CCP, as well as reminding readers of the strengths and limitations of these data. CONTRIBUTION: We provide an introduction to the CCP as a comprehensive comparative point of reference to stimulate future research on US internal migration using these data. More broadly, this paper contributes to research on the use of non-traditional data sources to study migration given well-documented problems with the availability, quality, and comparability of migration data from traditional sources.
Authors: Jack DeWaard; Lori M Hunter; Mason Mathews; Esteban J Quiñones; Fernando Riosmena; Daniel H Simon Journal: Reg Environ Change Date: 2022-03-01 Impact factor: 3.678
Authors: Jack DeWaard; Mathew Hauer; Elizabeth Fussell; Katherine J Curtis; Stephan D Whitaker; Kathryn McConnell; Kobie Price; David Egan-Robertson; Michael Soto; Catalina Anampa Castro Journal: Popul Res Policy Rev Date: 2021-06-18