This paper examines alternative forms of match bias arising from earnings imputation. Wage equation parameters are … imputation match criteria (e.g., union status) are severely biased. Related forms of match bias arise with respect to attributes … used as match criteria, but matched imperfectly. For example, an imperfect match on schooling creates bias that flattens …

survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched … other household members. -- response bias ; imputation ; earnings nonresponse ; gender gap ; CPS …

analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index …. Underweight women earn more and overweight less than others. For normal-weight men the income is on average higher than for over … interdependencies are taken into account and matching procedures are applied, the outcome matches to that of independent and unmatched …

share of immigrants in the workforce and earnings imputation rates have risen over time, imputation match bias for recent …

response rate thresholds as a guide to data quality. -- Non-response ; bias ; school survey ; data linkage ; PISA …

Social surveys are often used to estimate unemployment duration distributions. Survey nonresponse may then cause a bias … respondents and non-respondents. We develop a method to empirically distinguish between two explanations for a bias in results … both explanations. We discuss implications for standard methods to deal with non-response bias. …