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Constructing U.K. Core Inflation
Mills, Terence C. - In: Econometrics 1 (2013) 1, pp. 32-52
The recent volatile behaviour of U.K. inflation has been officially attributed to a sequence of “unusual” price changes, prompting renewed interest in the construction of measures of “core inflation”, from which such unusual price changes may be down-weighted or even excluded. This paper...
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The economic research potentials of the German Socio-Economic Panel study
Schröder, Carsten; König, Johannes; Fedorets, Alexandra; … - In: German Economic Review 21 (2020) 3, pp. 335-371
We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany since 1984: the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We demonstrate the comparative strength of the SOEP data in...
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Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US InequalityTrends with Current Population Survey Data:A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The March Current Population Survey (CPS) is the primary data source for estimation oflevels and trends in labor earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistencyproblems related to top coding in theses data have led many researchers to use the ratio ofthe 90th and 10th percentiles...
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Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data: A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, … - 2007
The March Current Population Survey (CPS) is the primary data source for estimation of levels and trends in labor earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistency problems related to top coding in theses data have led many researchers to use the ratio of the 90th and 10th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260926
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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2003
This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill?favoring shifts in the Russian and U.S. economies are driven by the...
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Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data : A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, … - 2021
The March Current Population Survey (CPS) is the primary data source for estimation of levels and trends in labor earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistency problems related to top coding in theses data have led many researchers to use the ratio of the 90th and 10th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316989
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Skill-Biased Transition : The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2021
This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill-favoring shifts in the Russian and U.S. economies are driven by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319700
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Are Household Surveys Like Tax Forms: Evidence from Income Underreporting of the Self Employed
Hurst, Erik; Li, Geng; Pugsley, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
There is a large literature showing that the self employed underreport their income to tax authorities. In this paper, we quantify the extent to which the self employed systematically underreport their income to U.S. household surveys. To do so, we use the Engel curve describing the relationship...
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Reconciling the Old and New Census Bureau Education Questions : Recommendations for Researchers
Jaeger, David A. - 1998
Beginning with the 1990 Census and the January 1992 Current Population Survey, the Bureau of the Census changed the emphasis of its educational attainment question from years of education to degree receipt. Using a matched sample from the 1991 and 1992 March CPS, this paper addresses how to...
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Measuring Union and Nonunion Wage Growth : Puzzles in Search of Solutions
Hirsch, Barry T.; MacPherson, David A.; Schumacher, … - 2002
Employment Cost Index (ECI), constructed from establishment surveys, uses fixed weights applied to wage changes among matched job … quotes. The ECI shows a substantial decrease in wage growth for union relative to nonunion workers. The annual Employer Costs … for Employee Compensation (ECEC), drawn from the same survey data as the ECI, provides wage level estimates constructed …
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