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From: "Thomas Main" <thomas_main@baruch.cuny.edu> on 6/11/2007 4:15:10 PM
Subject: AHS Surveys


Dear AHS Users:

I am doing a study of affordable rental units in New York City. I want to you
the AHS surveys of New York city from 1776, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and
2003. Does anyone already have these data in organized form and ready for
immediate use? If you do, please contact me.

Thomas Main
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
thomas_main@baruch.cuny.edu
P: 646-660-6719
F: 646-660-6701



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From: Amal Bendimerad <amal_bendimerad@harvard.edu> on 6/11/2007 7:28:29 PM
Subject: OT: Job Opening at Harvard Research Center

Hello All,

I am leaving the Joint Center for Housing Studies to go back to graduate
school, and we are therefore hiring for a new researcher.  The job description
follows:


POSITION DESCRIPTION

Joint Center for Housing Studies

Harvard University

Title:     Research Assistant IV/Research Specialist
Grade:    55

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY:

An informed and integral member of the Joint Center research staff, conducts
economic and demographic research related to housing, financial services and
mortgage markets, and home improvement markets for Harvards nationally
recognized housing research center. 

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

Develops, designs and conducts economic and demographic research related to
housing through analysis of large-scale databases, including the American
Housing Survey, Current Population Survey, and Residential Finance Survey.
Initiates, constructs and carries out complex research methods, procedures and
plans related to home improvement activities, both independently and in
collaboration with colleagues in the Centers Remodeling Futures research
program and other sponsored research projects.
Writes reports, working papers, and journal articles independently and in
collaboration with senior faculty.
Designs and delivers research presentations to outside experts, government
officials, sponsors, and media; speaks with journalists and others requesting
information.
Coordinates day-to-day research activities for the Remodeling Futures Group,
including activities of the Building Materials Distribution Study and the
Industrial Economists Discussion Group.
Serves as source of information or reference on specific research methods; may
train others in statistical analysis procedures.
Represents the Joint Center through active membership in professional
associations, participation in conferences, seminars, and symposia.
Performs other duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

Master's degree preferred; Bachelors degree in economics or related field
required, with 2-4 yearsrelevant experience conducting research for a
university research center, business, trade organization or government agency. 
Must have extensive experience working with and manipulating large-scale
databases, and should be proficient in one or more statistical software
packages including STATA, SPSS or SAS.  Strong oral and written skills
required--must have some public speaking experience.  Strong analytical and
organizational skills required.    

 




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From: paul.pearson.harple.jr@census.gov on 6/12/2007 8:48:32 AM
Subject: Re: AHS Surveys

A report for each year can be found on our web site at:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/metropolitandata.html
If you have trouble finding the report for any given year please feel free
to call our office at 301-763-3235 for assistance.



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Subject
Please respond to AHS Surveys
"Thomas Main"
<thomas_main@baru
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From: American Housing Survey (AHS) ListServ <ahs@huduser.gov>


Dear AHS Users:

I am doing a study of affordable rental units in New York City. I want to
you
the AHS surveys of New York city from 1776, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995
and
2003. Does anyone already have these data in organized form and ready for
immediate use? If you do, please contact me.

Thomas Main
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
thomas_main@baruch.cuny.edu
P: 646-660-6719
F: 646-660-6701







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From: "Vandenbroucke, David A" <David.A.Vandenbroucke@hud.gov> on 6/12/2007 2:49:03 PM
Subject: RE: Employment status variables in the pre- and post- 1997 AHS data

Kimiko Shiki asks:

>>For the post-1997 data,
HHWLINEQ (householder worked at all last week) shows employment status;
"hours and days worked last week" seems to be only for the people who
worked "at home."<<

This is incorrect. WLINEQ and HHWLINEQ refer to any work in the past
week.

>>For the pre-1997 data (more specifically, at this moment I am looking
at
the 1985 National AHS),
I cannot find any variables that show employment status of householders
as far as I can read the pre-1997 survey codebook.<<

>>Could somebody confirm this point that there is no employment status
variable in the pre-1997 data?<<

WLINE1-WLINE8 hold person line numbers for up to eight workers in the
household. If one of these matches PLINE (the line number for the
householder), then he or she worked in the past week. It wouldn't
surprise me if we put the householder's line number in WLINE1 whenever
he or she was employed, but I haven't verified that.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-402-5890


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From: Amal Bendimerad <amal_bendimerad@harvard.edu> on 6/13/2007 12:02:45 PM
Subject: OT: Correction: Job Opening at Harvard Research Center

Hello All,

In my posting announcing a job opening at the Joint Center for Housing
Studies, I forgot to provide the information on how to apply--my
apologies. Please apply using this link:

http://jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/summ_req?in_post_id=33663

(The job description is also available on this link.)

Thank you all!

-Amal

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Amal Bendimerad
Research Analyst
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Harvard University
(617) 495-1395

amal_bendimerad@harvard.edu




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From: "Vandenbroucke, David A" <David.A.Vandenbroucke@hud.gov> on 6/14/2007 9:00:23 AM
Subject: RE: Employment status variables in the pre- and post- 1997 AHS data

From: Kimiko Shiki [mailto:kshiki@ucla.edu] :

>>WHDY (# of days worked )and WHHRB (# of hours worked) are only
available for the people worked at home last week. There are no
variables to show how many days or hours persons worked last week, in
general (at home or not at home). Is this correct?<<

Yes, that's correct. The variables you cite are from the journey to
work module, which is intended to document commuting behavior, since
that influences decisions about housing. The AHS does not try to
document the respondents' labor force activity. We ask about time spent
working at home, since that is a substitute for commuting.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-402-5890



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