bias. We study this using a unique dataset that combines survey information of individual workers with administrative … survey respondents and non-respondents. We develop a method to empirically distinguish between two explanations for a bias in … both explanations. We discuss implications for standard methods to deal with non-response bias …

measurement, and it has become standard practice to construct income measures to mitigate these. However, remaining bias can lead … literature. We show with theory and simulations that even using a 30-year income average can result in a small positive spurious … grandfather coefficient estimate. We further propose an IV approach, showing that it is not susceptible to this spillover bias in …