CPS Uniform Data Extracts
- Basic Monthly (1994-2006)
- DWS (1994-2006)
- Job Tenure (1998-2004)
- ORG (1979-2006)
Background
CEPR has prepared several consistent datasets from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Available to download, for free, are the final CEPR data extracts in Stata format. Additionally available are the Stata programs used to convert the raw data -- available through the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or the Census Bureau -- into the final CEPR extract. We have also posted general and CEPR-specific documentation on the CPS, as well as instructions on how to order the data directly from CEPR.
The largest CEPR extract is based on the Outgoing Rotation Group (ORG), which is also known as the "Earnings Files" or the "Quarter Sample" of the CPS. The CEPR ORG extract contains detailed information on individuals' demographic characteristics, education, and labor-market status, including hourly earnings.
Other CEPR CPS supplements are also free to download. The Displaced Workers Survey (every other year from 1994 through 2004) follows the experience of workers who lose their job. And related Job Tenure supplements (also every other year from 1994 through 2004) examine the length of time workers have been with the same employer.
All the CEPR extracts provide consistent variables as the CPS and its supplements evolve over time. Another advantage of the CEPR extracts is that all of the supplements link to a broad set of consistent labor-market variables from the full monthly CPS (the "Basic CPS") including earnings information from CEPR's ORG extract.