-specific information from the Regional Economic Information System (REIS). Special versions of the SEDF and CPS files that identify county … of residence are used. The study regresses the low-skill wage and employment data from the SEDF and CPS files on a set of …. Estimates from the regressions are then combined with the available employment data from the REIS to impute wage and employment …

the "most micro level," the product level. Linking industries should be accomplished by reclassifying product data of each … establishment to a standard system, reassigning the primary activity of the establishment, reaggregating the data to the industry … level, and then making the desired statistical comparison (Ryten, 1991). This paper discusses linking the data at the very …

regulation for plants in three industries (paper, oil, and steel). We examine data from 1979 to 1990, considering both total …

factor proportions in the data. Indeed, foreign technology and trade have the same effect on wages at different skill levels …

performance -- productivity and establishment growth -- over the 1992 to 1997 period. We use untapped firm and establishment micro … data from the Censuses of Retail Trade and the Assets and Expenditures Survey. We show that large firms account for most …

turn, potentially affect the performance of the entire economy, including economic growth, productivity, prices, employment …, trade, and the structures of businesses, regions, and markets. Evaluating these assertions, and their effects on economic … information to current data collection programs, and notes relevant measurement issues. Some of the required information about the …

We describe the construction and assessment of a new matched employer-employee data set, the 1990 Decennial Employer … work in the 1990 Standard Statistical Establishment List. The resulting data set is much larger and more representative … across regional and industry dimensions than previous matched data sets for the United States. The known strengths and …