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Missing Data, Imputation, and Endogeneity

McDonough, Ian - 2017

Basmann (Basmann, R.L., 1957, A generalized classical method of linear estimation of coefficients in a structural equation. Econometrica 25, 77-83; Basmann, R.L., 1959, The computation of generalized classical estimates of coefficients in a structural equation. Econometrica 27, 72-81) introduced...

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Estimating Trends in US Income Inequality Using the Current Population Survey : The Importance of Controlling for Censoring

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021

Using internal and public use March Current Population Survey data, we analyze trends in US income inequality (1975-2004). Using a multiple imputation approach where values for censored observations are imputed using draws from a Generalized Beta distribution of the Second Kind, we find that the...

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Informing Migration Policies : A Data Primer

Carletto, Calogero - 2015

Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...

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Trade and Inequality in Europe and the Us

Dorn, David; Levell, Peter - 2022

The share of low-income countries in global exports nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015, driven largely by the rapid emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe...

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Occupational Adjustment of Immigrants

Zorlu, Aslan - 2011

This paper examines the speed of the occupational adjustment of immigrants using Labour Force Surveys 2004 and 2005 … initial disadvantage and the rate of adjustment vary across immigrant groups according to the transferability of skills … mobility. Most notably, Turks and Moroccans face the greatest initial dip and achieve the highest rate of adjustment while the …

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Minimum Wage Channels of Adjustment

Hirsch, Barry T. - 2011

precisely measure the MW compliance cost for each restaurant. We examine a broad range of adjustment channels in addition to … three years. Cost increases were instead absorbed through other channels of adjustment, including higher prices, lower …

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The Process of Wage Adjustment : An Analysis Using Establishment-Level Data

Bayo Moriones, José Alberto - 2011

for performance have a significant impact on the process of wage adjustment …

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Time Limits : The Effects on Welfare Use and Other Consumption-Smoothing Mechanisms

Mazzolari, Francesca - 2012

We use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation covering the period 1989-2006 to investigate the impact that time limits on receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families have on female-headed family outcomes, including welfare use, employment and living arrangements. The...

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Rural Households in a Changing Climate

Baez, Javier E. - 2012

This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...

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How Fast Do Wages Adjust to Human-Capital Productivity? Dynamic Panel-Data Evidence from Belgium, Denmark and Finland

Andini, Corrado - 2009

the Mincer equation where no equality is imposed but an adjustment between observed and potential earnings is allowed to … dynamic panel-data wage equation and provide measures of the speed of adjustment in Belgium, Denmark and Finland. Further, we …-bargaining model and argue that a micro-founded model can fit the data better than a simple adjustment model but requires more …

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