MPC Member Publications

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Title: User Beware: Concerning Findings from Recent U.S. Internal Revenue Service Migration Data Introduction and Background

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

DOI: 10.18128/MPC2020-02

Abstract: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) makes publicly and freely available annual place-based and place-to-place migration data at the state and county levels. Among their many uses, the IRS migration data inform estimates of net-migration as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, which, in turn, are used for producing other annual statistics, survey design, business planning, community development programs, and federal funding allocations. In this Research Note, we document what appears to be a systemic problem with the IRS migration data since the IRS took over responsibilities for preparing these data from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2011. We conclude by speculating on possible reasons for this problem and suggesting that the post-2011 IRS migration data not be used until the IRS resolves this issue.

Url: https://doi.org/10.18128/MPC2020-02

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Dewaard, Jack; Hauer, Mathew; Fussell, Elizabeth; Curtis, Katherine J.; Whitaker, Stephan; Mcconnell, Kathryn; Egan-Robertson, David

Periodical (Full): 909 Social Sciences

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