The Statistics of Income Division has released seven papers from the American Statistical Association’s 2006 Annual Meeting:

• Analysis of the Distributions of Income, Taxes, and Payroll Taxes via Cross Section and Panel Data, 1979-2004, by Michael Strudler, Tom Petska, Lori Hentz (all of Statistics of Income, IRS) & Ryan Petska (Quantitative Economics and Statistics, Ernst & Young)
• Application of an Evolutionary Algorithm to Multivariate Optimal Allocation in Stratified Sample Designs, by Charles D. Day (Statistics of Income, IRS)
• Customer Satisfaction Initiatives at IRS’s Statistics of Income: Using Surveys to Improve Customer Service, by Ruth Schwartz & Beth Kilss (both of Statistics of Income, IRS)
• Performance Measurement within the Statistics of Income Division, by Kevin Cecco (Statistics of Income, IRS)
• Social Security Taxes, Social Security Benefits, and Social Security Benefits Taxation, 2003, by Peter Sailer, Kevin Pierce & Evgenia Lomize (all of Statistics of Income, IRS)
• The Tax Year 1999-2003 Individual Income Tax Return Panel: A First Look at the Data, by Michael E. Weber (Statistics of Income, IRS)
• Tying Website Performance to Mission Achievement in the Federal Government, by Diane M. Milleville (Statistics of Income, IRS)