data for 161 occupations in over 130 countries. Freeman and Oostendorp (2000) have started a novel project to make use of … countries and occupations. -- Wage growth ; cross section models ; wage structure …

Earnings data are often reported in round numbers. In fact, in the March 1995 Current Population Survey (CPS), 71% of … all full-time earnings responses are some multiple of $1,000. Rounding is typically ignored in analyses of earnings data … behavior is highly systematic and correlated with the respondents' earnings level. We find that the systematic nature of …

We investigate the reliability of data from the Wage Indicator (WI), the largest online survey on earnings and working …