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The Impact Of Ownership Change On Employment, Wages, And Labor Productivity In U.S. Manufacturing 1977-87

Nguyen, Sang V; Mcguckin, Robert H; Reznek, Arnold P - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1995

This paper reports on the impact of ownership change on productivity, wages, and employment in U.S. food manufacturing for the period 1977-87. Our analysis is based on both firm and plant level data taken from the U. S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Research Database (LRD). Three principal...

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Longitudinal Economic Data At The Census Bureau: A New Database Yields Fresh Insight On Some Old Issues

Mcguckin, Robert H - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1990

longitudinal microdata for econometric research and time series analysis. The advantages of panel data arise from both the micro …

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Public Use Microdata: Disclosure And Usefulness

Nguyen, Sang V; Mcguckin, Robert H - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1988

of microdata in statistical surveys. These data are valuable for economic research and market and policy analysis … commitments, coupled with the strong research demand for microdata, have led the agencies to consider various proposals for … releasing public use microdata. Most proposals for public use microdata call for the development of surrogate data that disguise …

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The Longitudinal Research Database (LRD): Status And Research Possibilities

Mcguckin, Robert H; Pascoe, George A - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1988

member of a task force working on methods on release "masked" or "cloned" microdata in public-use files that will protect the …

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Multiple Classification Systems For Economic Data: Can A Thousand Flowers Bloom? And Should They?

Mcguckin, Robert H - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1991

for high quality microdata and build this into their planning processes. Agencies need to view their missions from a …

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Long-Run Expectations And Capacity

Mcguckin, Robert H; Zadrozny, Peter - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1988

In this paper, we argue at a general level, that recent economic models of capacity and of its utilization are deficient because they do not adequately take into account firms' long-run expectations about conditions which are pertinent to their investment decisions, i.e., their decisions about...

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The Importance of Establishment Data in Economic Research

Mcguckin, Robert H - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993

The importance and usefulness of establishment microdata for economic research and policy analysis is outlined and …

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Manufacturing Establishments Reclassified Into New Industries: The Effect Of Survey Design Rules

Mcguckin, Robert H; Peck, Suzanne - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1992

Establishment reclassification occurs when an establishment classified in one industry in one year is reclassified into another industry in another year. Because of survey design rules at the Census Bureau these reclassifications occur systematically over time, and affect the industry-level time...

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Measuring The Trade Balance In Advanced Technology Products

Mcguckin, Robert H; Iii, Thomas A Abbott; Herrick, Paul E; … - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1989

Because of the dramatic decline in the United States Trade Balance since the early 1970's, many economists and policy makers have become increasingly concerned about the ability of U.S. manufacturers to compete with foreign producers. Initially concern was limited to a few basic industries such...

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The Effect Of Technology Use On Productivity Growth

Mcguckin, Robert H; Streitwieser, Mary L; Doms, Mark E - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1996

This paper examines the relationship between the use of advanced technologies and productivity and productivity growth rates. We use data from the 1993 and 1988 Survey of Manufacturing Technology (SMT) to examine the use of advanced (computer based) technologies at two different points in time....

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