For examples of past research using FSRDC data, see the searchable database. For examples of current approved projects in the FSRDC system, see the Projects.
Current Projects Using Data from U.S. Census Bureau
"Research and Development Laboratories in the Production Process," Kristy Buzard, Gerald A. Carlino (Philadelphia Fed), Robert H. Hunt (Philadelphia Fed), Tony E. Smith (University of Pennsylvania), Anna Tranfaglia (Philadelphia Fed).
"SNAP and the Human Capital Investments of Young Adults," Sarah Hamersma.
"Firm Performance, Entrepreneurship, and Human Capital," Natarajan Balasubramanian.
"The Role of Foreign Production in U.S. Prices and Firm Behavior," Ryan Monarch and Brian Green.
Current Projects Using Data from National Center for Health Statistics
“A Second Look at the Health Effects of Military Service Using the Vietnam-Era Draft Lottery as a Potentially Invalid Instrumental Variable,” Alfonso Flores-Lagunes.
"The Impact of Collaborative Governance on Health Equity" Jiho Kim.
Recently Completed Projects Using FSRDC Data
"The Long-Term Effects of Housing Mobility on Civic and Political Participation,” David Knight (Columbia University) and Baobao Zhang – reactivation ended 3/21/2025
"The Impact of Collaborative Governance on Health Equity," Jiho Kim (Arizona State University, formerly Syracuse University) – completed 12/9/2025
"A Second Look at the Health Effects of Military Service Using the Vietnam-Era Draft Lottery as a Potentially Invalid Instrumental Variable," Alfonso Flores-Lagunes (Upjohn Institute, formerly Syracuse University) and Xintong Wang (Slippery Rock University) – completed 6/2/2025
"Knowledge of Health Status and the Timing of Retirement and Disability Claims," Perry Singleton – completed 10/31/2023
Recent Publications from Syracuse University Researchers Using FSRDC Data
Fannin, W. Clay. 2024. Three Essays on Administrative Burden and the Social Safety Net, Ph.D. Dissertation. Syracuse University
Knight, David, and Baobao Zhang. 2024. “Residential Mobility Leads to Persistent Reduction in Voting Among Disadvantaged Adults.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121.20: e2306287121.
Wang, Xintong, Carlos A. Flores, and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes. 2025. "The effects of Vietnam-era military service on the long-term health of veterans: A bounds analysis." Journal of Health Economics. 101:102984.
Singleton, Perry. 2024. “Health Information and the Timing of Social Security Entitlements.” Labour Economics. 91:102635.
Heflin, Colleen, Samuel Ingram and James P. Ziliak. 2019. “The Effects of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Mortality." Health Affairs. 38:11, 1807-1815.
Raissian, Kerri M., and Leonard M. Lopoo. 2015. “Mandating Prescription Contraception Coverage: Effects on Contraception Consumption and Preventive Health Services.” Population Research and Policy Review 34:481-510.
Starr, Evan, Natarajan Balasubramanian, and Mariko Sakakibara, “Screening Spinouts? How Noncompete Enforceability Affects the Creation, Growth, and Survival of New Firms,” Management Science, 2018, 64:552–572.
Sakakibara, Mariko, and Natarajan Balasubramanian. 2015. “Selection in the Incidence and Performance of Spinouts.” Academy of Management Proceedings: 16934.
Balasubramanian, Natarajan, and Mariko Sakakibara. 2015. “Human Capital of Spinouts.” Center for Economic Studies Discussion Paper 15-06.
Balasubramanian, Natarajan, and Mariko Sakakibara. 2015. “Spinout Formation: Do Opportunities and Constraints Benefit High Capital Founders?” Center for Economic Studies Discussion Paper 15-07.
Balasubramanian, Natarajan, Jin Woo Chang, Mariko Sakakibara, Jagadeesh Sivadasan, and Evan Starr, “Locked In? The Enforceability of Covenants Not to Compete and the Careers of High–Tech Workers,” Center for Economic Studies Discussion Paper 17–09, 2017.