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Verify US wealth, property, and asset imputation backlog

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Description

Source backlog

Copied from policyengine-us-data issues/PRs that still matter to Populace's US input surface:

  • PolicyEngine/policyengine-us-data#1079, #1080, #1081 / PR #1085: ACS primary residence value imputation and publication.
  • #230: home equity from SCF.
  • #267, #281: vehicle ownership / auto-loan eligibility inputs.
  • #835: net-worth aggregate decomposition.
  • #734: replace SCF net-worth target with Fed Financial Accounts net worth.
  • Related SPM/source-gap items may overlap with #32.

Populace direction

Populace already declares SCF wealth stages and scf_primary_residence_value; this issue is to verify the PE-US-facing variable surface and target/diagnostic coverage are complete.

Acceptance criteria

  • Inventory each wealth/property/asset variable as populated, upstream-populated, formula-computed, diagnostic-only, or reviewed-excluded.
  • Confirm whether primary_residence_value itself, home equity, vehicles, auto-loan variables, and net-worth components are present in the published PE-US input surface when needed.
  • Add source-stage specs and tests for any missing source-backed inputs.
  • Use Fed Financial Accounts / other external benchmarks as diagnostics or hard targets only after source role is explicitly classified.

Part of #46.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by inventorying the declared SCF wealth stages and scf_primary_residence_value, then compare them with the published PE-US input surface and the upstream issues listed here. Add source-stage specs and tests for missing source-backed inputs. Done means every variable has an explicit population status and external benchmarks are clearly classified as diagnostics or hard targets.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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