Social security administration's master earnings file: Background information

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 29-45

  Olsen, Anya ^a   Hudson, Russell ^b  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b ORDP   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949147582     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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