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Browsing Centers, Institutes, Programs by Author "Abowd, John M."
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Boosting Models for Edit, Imputation and Prediction of Multiple Response Outcomes
Li, Ping; Abowd, John M. (2014-02-05)In this paper, we propose a statistical framework that generalizes the classical logit model to predict multiple responses (i.e., multi-label classification). We develop an effective implementation based on boosting and ... -
Cornell Node of the NSF-Census Research Network - Annual Report to NSF for 2012
Abowd, John M.; Block, William; Li, Ping; Vilhuber, Lars (2012-10-15)Abstract: This is the annual report by the Cornell node of the NSF-Census Research Network to NSF for 2012 -
Cornell Node of the NSF-Census Research Network - Annual Report to NSF for 2013
Abowd, John M.; Block, William; Li, Ping; Vilhuber, Lars (2013-10-15)This is the annual report by the Cornell node of the NSF-Census Research Network to NSF for 2013. -
Cornell Node of the NSF-Census Research Network - Annual Report to NSF for 2014
Abowd, John M.; Block, William; Li, Ping; Vilhuber, Lars (2014-10-15)This is the annual report by the Cornell node of the NSF-Census Research Network to NSF for 2014. -
Cornell Node of the NSF-Census Research Network - Annual Report to NSF for 2015
Abowd, John M.; Block, William; Vilhuber, Lars (2015-10-15)This is the annual report by the Cornell node of the NSF-Census Research Network to NSF for 2015. -
The Creation and Use of the SIPP Synthetic Beta
Benedetto, Gary; Stinson, Martha; Abowd, John M. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-04)This paper reports on the creation of a partially synthetic Census Bureau data product called the SIPP Synthetic Beta (SSB). Our purpose is to inform users of the SSB about how the file was created and to provide an ... -
Data Management of Confidential Data
Lagoze, Carl; Block, William C.; Williams, Jeremy; Abowd, John M.; Vilhuber, Lars (8th International Digital Curation Conference, 2013-01)Social science researchers increasingly make use of data that is confidential because it contains linkages to the identities of people, corporations, etc. The value of this data lies in the ability to join the identifiable ... -
Differential Privacy Applications to Bayesian and Linear Mixed Model Estimation
Abowd, John M.; Schneider, Matthew J.; Vilhuber, Lars (2012-01-01)We consider a particular maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) and a computationally-intensive Bayesian method for differentially private estimation of the linear mixed-effects model (LMM) with normal random errors. The LMM ... -
Disclosure Limitation and Confidentiality Protection in Linked Data
Abowd, John M.; Schmutte, Ian M.; Vilhuber, Lars (2018-01-01)Confidentiality protection for linked administrative data is a combination of access modalities and statistical disclosure limitation. We review traditional statistical disclosure limitation methods and newer methods based ... -
An Early Prototype of the Comprehensive Extensible Data Documentation and Access Repository (CED2AR)
Block, William C.; Williams, Jeremy; Abowd, John M.; Vilhuber, Lars; Lagoze, Carl (European DDI User Conference (EDDI12), 2012-12-03)This presentation will demonstrate the latest DDI-related technological developments of Cornell University’s $3 million NSF-Census Research Network (NCRN) award, dedicated to improving the documentation, discoverability, ... -
Earnings Inequality and Mobility Trends in the United States: Nationally Representative Estimates from Longitudinally Linked Employer-Employee Data
Abowd, John M.; McKinney, Kevin L.; Zhao, Nellie (Journal of Labor Economics, 2017-03-01)Using earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this paper analyzes the role of the employer in explaining the rise in earnings inequality in the United States. We first establish a consistent frame of analysis ... -
Economic Analysis and Statistical Disclosure Limitation
Abowd, John M.; Schmutte, Ian M. (2015)This paper explores the consequences for economic research of methods used by data publishers to protect the privacy of their respondents. We review the concept of statistical disclosure limitation for an audience of ... -
An Economic Analysis of Privacy Protection and Statistical Accuracy as Social Choices
Abowd, John M.; Schmutte, Ian M. (2018-08-15)Statistical agencies face a dual mandate to publish accurate statistics while protecting respondent privacy. Increasing privacy protection requires decreased accuracy. Recognizing this as a resource allocation problem, we ... -
Effects of a Government-Academic Partnership: Has the NSF-Census Bureau Research Network Helped Improve the U.S. Statistical System?
Weinberg, Daniel; Abowd, John M.; Belli, Robert F.; Cressie, Noel; Folch, David C.; Holan, Scott H.; Levenstein, Margaret C.; Olson, Kristen M.; Reiter, Jerome P.; Shapiro, Matthew D.; Smyth, Jolene; Soh, Leen-Kiat; Spencer, Bruce; Spielman, Seth E.; Vilhuber, Lars; Wikle, Christopher (2018-04-26)The National Science Foundation-Census Bureau Research Network (NCRN) was established in 2011 to create interdisciplinary research nodes on methodological questions of interest and significance to the broader research ... -
Excerpt: Usage and outcomes of the Synthetic Data Server
Vilhuber, Lars; Abowd, John M. (2017-05-09)This is an excerpt from a prior presentation at the Society of Labor Economists (2016). The Synthetic Data Server (SDS) at Cornell University was set up to provide early access to new synthetic data products by the U.S. ... -
Executive Compensation: Six Questions That Need Answering
Abowd, John M.; Kaplan, David (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999)This article address six questions concerning executive compensation, drawing on recent advances in the study of executive compensation, including the role of stock and option holdings: How much does executive compensation ... -
The Fate of Empirical Economics When All Data are Private
Abowd, John M. (2016-05-13)Presentation given to the Society of Government Economists in May 2016. -
Final and Cumulative Annual Report for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant G-2015-13903 “The Economics of Socially-Efficient Privacy and Confidentiality Management for Statistical Agencies”
Abowd, John M.; Schmutte, Ian M.; Vilhuber, Lars (2019-05)Goal: To study the economics of socially efficient protocols for managing research databases containing private information. Metrics 1. At least four peer-reviewed articles that are published in journals read by ... -
Formal Privacy Guarantees and Analytical Validity of OnTheMap Public-use Data
Andersson, Fredrik; Abowd, John M.; Graham, Matthew; Wu, Jeremy; Vilhuber, Lars (2009-07-31)A workshop that brought together university-based researchers, members of the international official statistical community, and other interested user communities was held on July 31, 2009, the Friday before the 2009 Joint ... -
Four Challenges for Statistical Agencies
Abowd, John M. (2016-05-16)Presentation given at the BLS Commissioner’s Invited Seminar on May 16, 2016.