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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 - 2008

Using internal and public use March Current Population Survey data, we analyze trends in US income inequality (19752004). 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755549

Measuring labor earnings inequality using public-use march current population survey data : the value of including variances and cell means when imputing topcoded values

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Larrimore, Jeff - 2008

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Beyond BMI : the value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research

Cawley, John H.; Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2006

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Differences in the US trends in the prevalence of obesity based on body mass index and skinfold thickness

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Cawley, John H.; Schmeiser, … - 2009

"There are several ways to measure fatness and obesity, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The primary measure for tracking the prevalence of obesity has historically been body mass index (BMI). This paper compares long-run trends in the prevalence of obesity when obesity is defined...