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Citations & sources

If you use the EPI extracts for your research, please cite the data in your references:

Suggested citation for EPI microdata extracts

Economic Policy Institute. 2024. Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.48, https://microdata.epi.org.

The code that creates the EPI extracts and documentation is available on Github.

Acknowledgments

The current extracts draw extensively from excellent work by

  • CEPR: extensive scripts for processing raw data and uniform coding of several variables
  • EPI: useful data library code that processes raw CPS data, creates uniform extracts, and analyzes data
  • IPUMS: clear variable-specific web pages providing a model for how variables should be documented
  • NBER: helpful scripts for transforming BLS/Census flat files into Stata data, as well as the resourceful NBER MORG data files

Raw data underlying the EPI extracts

Dataset Years Source
EPI CPS Basic Monthly 1976 - 1993 Unicon CPS Basic
EPI CPS Basic Monthly 1994 - Present Census/BLS monthly
EPI CPS May 1973 - 1981 Unicon CPS May
EPI CPS ORG 1979 - 1983 Unicon CPS ORG
EPI CPS ORG 1984 - 1993 Unicon CPS Basic
EPI CPS ORG 1994 - Present Census/BLS monthly