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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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The impact of household capital income on income inequality : a factor decomposition analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna (contributor);  … - 2008
SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a factor decomposition method described by Shorrocks (1982) is applied … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716531
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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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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie (contributor); D'Agosto, Elena (contributor) - 2008
This paper studies the major determinants that affect the country choice of the talented Italian scientists and researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652707
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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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