Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey

This book paints a portrait of social life in America by providing an accessible discussion of empirical economics research on issues such as illegal immigration, health care and climate change. All the studies in this book use the same data source: individual responses to the American Community Survey (ACS), the nation's largest household survey.

The author identifies studies that clearly illustrate core econometric methods (such as regression control and difference-in-differences), repli...