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Measuring Protection-Induced Errors in Earnings Outcomes from PSEO

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The Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes were originally released by Census in March 2018. As discussed in other publications (Foote et al. [2019]), the earnings data are protected using differential privacy methods. This protection method is more robust than alternatives, and more accurate than other DP methods, there is still error induced by the protection system. The purpose of this short technical note is to provide estimates of the error induced by the protection method.

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  • Andrew Foote, 2022. "Measuring Protection-Induced Errors in Earnings Outcomes from PSEO," CES Technical Notes Series 22-01, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
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    1. Andrew Foote & Ashwin Machanavajjhala & Kevin McKinney, 2019. "Releasing Earnings Distributions using Differential Privacy: Disclosure Avoidance System For Post Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO)," Working Papers 19-13, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
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