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CPS Contingent Worker Supplement: warp frames for secondary and contingent work
How the BLS supplement codes contingent and alternative arrangements, and where platform-mediated side income can miss the punched cells.
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Independent notes on how survey instruments and research weave secondary earnings and platform work into household income accounts
A measurement desk in punch-card format: named sources, visible method limits, and no assumption about any reader’s circumstances.
Warp status
Three reading threads
Notes review published survey instruments and research papers, not income playbooks. Focus stays on definitions, sample frames and observation bias.
Household supplements, administrative tax records and ILO measurement frameworks are compared with methodological critique in the same text.
Loomcard does not publish testimonials, reviews or outcome stories. The desk describes how others measure; it does not prescribe conduct or forecast effects.
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Recent notes
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Abraham and colleagues: the survey–administrative weft gap
Lessons from Abraham, Haltiwanger, Sandusky and Spletzer on taxonomies, undercount risk and confusing legal form with economic activity.
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ILO guidelines on measuring digital platform employment
How international statistical guidelines propose classifying platform-mediated work, and which field decisions still leave residual categories.
Loom rules
Editorial standards
Named sources only
Claims cite authors, agencies or documents that exist in the public record. Figures stay attached to the paragraph that introduces them.
Limits in the same pass
Sample frames, proxy response, periodicity and definitional mismatch appear beside estimates, not in a buried footnote after a headline number.
No reader presupposition
Loomcard does not assert or imply knowledge of any visitor’s labor, household or income situation. Copy is written in the third person about instruments and populations studied by others.
No testimonials
The desk does not publish reviews, success stories or before-and-after narratives. Measurement discussion is not framed as a path to earnings.
Boundaries
What Loomcard is not
- Not therapy, counseling or professional advisory services.
- Not a diagnosis, treatment plan or personalized income instruction.
- Not a promise of results, employment or side-income outcomes.
- Not a crisis service; local emergency channels apply where needed.
- Not directed to persons under 18.
Desk FAQ
Common questions
What does Loomcard publish?
Editorial notes on how surveys and related research measure secondary earnings, platform work and household income accounts.
Is access paid?
Open notes on this domain are readable without purchase. A separate refund policy covers any future paid product.
What is the refund window?
When a paid product exists, refund requests may be filed within 30 days, subject to Brazilian consumer rules. See Refund.
Does Loomcard offer consultations?
No. Correspondence is limited to corrections, privacy requests and citation queries via email.
Are testimonials published?
No. Loomcard does not publish testimonials, reviews or success stories.
How is personal data handled?
See the Privacy page for LGPD and GDPR-aligned bases, retention and rights.
Support
Email desk
Contact: [email protected]. Loomcard operates under Brazilian jurisdiction without a published street address. Messages are reviewed on business days.