<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr">Please help us spread the word about this educational opportunity!<div><br></div><div><div><b><font size="4"><a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0240" target="_blank">Conducting Research Using the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)</a></font></b></div><div><b>Dates and Time: </b>September 18-21, 2017</div><div><b>Location: </b>Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C.</div><div><b>Instructors:</b> Jason Fields (U.S. Census Bureau), Shelley Irving (U.S. Census Bureau), Matthew C. Marlay (U.S. Census Bureau), Luke Shaefer (University of Michigan), David S. Johnson (University of Michigan)</div><div><br></div><div>This workshop will introduce participants to use of microdata from the re-engineered 2014 "Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)" and provide hands-on applications to prepare them to conduct their own SIPP-based research project.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Aims for the workshop:</b></div><div><ul><li>Familiarize participants with Census Bureau concepts such as earnings, household income, program participation, poverty, race, ethnicity, labor force status, and migration.<br></li><li>Provide practical tips for handling the SIPP's complex sample design.<br></li><li>Provide hands-on demonstrations for accessing SIPP data via the Census Bureau's FTP site and the NBER SIPP data page. Flash drives containing the data files and documentation will also be provided.<br></li><li>Provide hands-on demonstrations of analyses of SIPP data related to poverty, employment, and participation in safety net programs.<br></li><li>Provide participants with an opportunity to conduct analyses for their own research projects and produce preliminary findings along with an appropriate public-use SIPP data set that can be used upon return to an individual's home institution.<br></li><li>Provide opportunities to discuss the current status of key research and policy issues with nationally recognized experts.<br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Classes meet for a three-hour session each morning and a three-hour session each afternoon. Participants will extract, work with, and analyze public-use microdata files from Wave 1 of the 2014 SIPP. This workshop will not offer instruction in statistics or formal research methods.</div><div><br></div><div>Applications will be accepted from faculty; postdoctoral fellows; advanced doctoral students; federal, state, and local-level policy and research analysts; researchers at non-profit organizations; and others who would benefit from this workshop. Preference will be given to applicants who meet at least one of the following criteria:</div><div><ul><li>Analysts who work for government agencies and nonprofit organizations who do not have access to instruction on using the SIPP.<br></li><li>Emerging scholars (Assistant Professors, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Advanced Doctoral Students) working at universities and colleges that do not offer instruction in the use of SIPP.<br></li><li>Members of groups historically under-represented in the social sciences. Faculty members from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are particularly encouraged to apply.<br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Admission to this workshop is competitive, and enrollment is limited to 25 participants. Apply through the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SummerProgram" target="_blank">ICPSR Summer Program portal</a> and upload the following items as a single PDF file, in the order listed below:</div><div><ul><li>Cover sheet with your name and institutional affiliation with mailing address, email address, and telephone number<br></li><li>Curriculum vita or resume<br></li><li>Brief summary of your current research or analysis activities (about 2 pages)<br></li><li>Description of how analyses of the SIPP Microdata will benefit your research and/or the analysis needs of your agency or organization (no more than 2 pages)<br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><b>Fee:</b> No tuition fee for the course.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Deadline: </b>Application deadline is July 31, 2017 at 5 PM Eastern Time. Decisions will be announced no later than Monday, August 14, 2017.</div><div class="m_7124325391667467585gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div></div></div></div></div>
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