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The evolution of rotation group bias : will the real unemployment rate please stand up?
Krueger, Alan B.; Mas, Alexandre; Niu, Xiaotong - 2014
This paper documents that rotation group bias - the tendency for labor force statistics to vary systematically by month … groups; both should be nationally representative samples. The rise in rotation group bias is driven by a growing tendency for … bias. We find that rotation group bias increased discretely after the 1994 CPS redesign and that rising nonresponse is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410263
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International comparisons of work disability
Banks, James; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002005406
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Is there an income gradient in child health? : it depends whom you ask
Johnston, David W.; Propper, Carol; Pudney, Stephen E.; … - 2010
of respondent and the measure of child health. -- Child health ; income ; reporting bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944292
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Use of extra-school time and child behaviours : evidence from the UK
Meroni, Elena Claudia; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Pronzato, … - 2018
estimates against omitted variable bias, and the results are confirmed. We also observe that children from more advantaged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874602
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Revisiting sample bias in the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, with implications for estimates of low pay and the bite of the national living wage
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex; Phan, Van; Ritchie, Felix; … - 2024
We gratefully acknowledge funding from ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) and the Economic and Social Research Council (Grant No. ES/T013877/1). The work is based on analysis of the research-ready datasets from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) (ONS, 2024a), Business Structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062089
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Intrafamily resource allocations : a dynamic model of birth weight
Del Bono, Emilia (contributor); Ermisch, John (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper estimates a model of dynamic intrahousehold investment behavior which incorporates family fixed effects and child endowment heterogeneity. This framework is applied to large American and British survey data on birth outcomes, with focus on the effects of antenatal parental smoking and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758952
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Understanding the technology of computer technology diffusion : explaining computer adoption patterns and implications for the wage structure
Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2008
We review the empirical literature about the implications of the computerization of the labor market to see whether it can explain observed computer adoption patterns and (long-term) changes in the wage structure. Evidence from empirical micro studies turns out to be inconsistent with macro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771543
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The distribution of total work in the EU and US
Burda, Michael C. (contributor);  … - 2006
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and home production)-- there is no one-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359291
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American exceptionalism in a new light : a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States
Jäntti, Markus (contributor) - 2006
We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We examine earnings mobility among pairs of fathers and sons as well as fathers and daughters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003332255
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335455