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4 publications found, searching for 'Hyunsub Kum '

• Working Paper No. 535
  May 13, 2008

  Statistical Matching Using Propensity Scores

  Hyunsub Kum and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  This paper summarizes the background, type, logic, and working procedure of the statistical matching used in the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) project to combine the various data…more

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• Research Project Report
  April 30, 2007

  How Well Off Are America’s Elderly?

  Hyunsub Kum, Edward N. Wolff, and Ajit Zacharias
  Abstract

  Given the aging of the American population and the widening gap between rich and poor—not to mention the controversy surrounding the future viability of Social Security—the economic welfare of the…more

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• Working Paper No. 466
  August 08, 2006

  Net Government Expenditures and the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989–2001

  Hyunsub Kum, Edward N. Wolff, and Ajit Zacharias
  Abstract

  We examine the economic well-being of the elderly, using the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW). Compared to the conventional measures of income, the LIMEW is a comprehensive measure…more

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• Research Project Report
  May 01, 2005

  Interim Report

  Hyunsub Kum, Edward N. Wolff, and Ajit Zacharias
  Abstract

  This interim report compares the LIMEW and official measures of economic well-being for 1989–2002, a period marked by the economic boom of the late 1990s and a mild recession in…more

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