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Survey-based Estimates of Biases in Consumer Price Indices During

Filer, Randall K.; Hanousek, Jan - EconWPA - 2001

Mismeasurement of inflation is likely to be more severe in a transition economy than in a more stable environment. Comparisons of self-reported changes in economic welfare with changes in incomes suggest that official Romanian inflation measures may be overstated by between 100 and 300 percent...

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On the Ranking Uncertainty of Labor Market Wage Gaps

Horrace, William C. - EconWPA - 2002

gender specific component; the gender component is called the gender differential or wage gap and is sometimes interpreted as … comparisons with a control". The inference indicates that differences in gender discrimination across industry classifications is … statistically insignificant at the 95% confidence level and that previous studies which have failed to perform inference on gender …

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Estimating a Life Cycle Model with Unemployment and Human Capital Depreciation

Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2005

I estimate a life cycle model of consumption choice with unemployment risk. Employed individuals face the risk of losing their job. Unemployed agents receive job random offers of different quality, which they can accept or reject. Following the loss of a job and during unemployment, an agent’s...

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