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survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched …
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Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS … harmonization of (income) data production as well as of imputation strategies across surveys. All three panels make use of … for variability and complexity of labor income composition appear to be relevant. Secondly, longitudinal analyses yield a …
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share of immigrants in the workforce and earnings imputation rates have risen over time, imputation match bias for recent …
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This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It … that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the … role to play in matching immigrants to jobs that use their language skills most effectively …
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We analyse response patterns to an important survey of school children, exploiting rich auxiliary information on respondents' and non-respondents' cognitive ability that is correlated both with response and the learning achievement that the survey aims to measure. The survey is the Programme for...
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Child labor statistics are critical for assessing the extent and nature of child labor activities in developing countries. In practice, widespread variation exists in how child labor is measured. Questionnaire modules vary across countries and within countries over time along several dimensions,...
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We use Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics data and data from a 2008 telephone survey of adults conducted by Westat …
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"Time-use statistics offer a unique tool for exploring a wide range of policy concerns including social change; division of labour; allocation of time for household work; the estimation of the value of household production; transportation; leisure and recreation; pension plans; and health-care...
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Survey under-coverage of top incomes leads to bias in survey-based estimates of overall income inequality. Using income …'s pioneering 'SPI adjustment' method that implements this idea. Since 1992, the principal income distribution series (reported … annually in Households Below Average Income) has been based on household survey data in which the incomes of a small number of …
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In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator can be improved either by collecting data on additional individuals, or by collecting additional covariates that predict the outcome variable. We propose the use of pre-experimental data such as a census, or a...
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