WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. SEHSD-WP-FY2024-29) entitled "The Effect of Survey Reference Periods on Income Reporting: Evidence from the 2022 American Community Survey Content Test Linked to Administrative Records." The paper was written by Adam Bee and Katherine Engel. Here are excerpts: * * * 1 Introduction Accurate measures of income are key for evaluating economic well-being and inequality. Official estimates of income produced by  more