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Is Earnings Nonresponse Ignorable?
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Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
Abstract "Earnings nonresponse in the Current Population Survey is roughly 30% in the monthly surveys and 20% in the annual March survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched in the earnings imputation hot deck. If nonresponse is... view more
"Earnings nonresponse in the Current Population Survey is roughly 30% in the monthly surveys and 20% in the annual March survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched in the earnings imputation hot deck. If nonresponse is ignorable, unbiased estimates can be achieved by omitting imputed earners, yet little is known about whether or not CPS nonresponse is ignorable. Using sample frame measures to identify selection, we find clear-cut evidence among men but limited evidence among women for negative selection into response. Wage equation slope coefficients are affected little by
selection but because of intercept shifts, wages for men and to a lesser extent women are understated, as are gender wage gaps. Selection is less severe among household heads/co-heads than among other household members." [author's abstract]... view less
Keywords
response behavior; trend; gender; estimation; selection; analysis; indicator; information; survey; research; data; private household; value analysis
Classification
Social Sciences
Research Design
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
22 p.
Series
RatSWD Working Paper Series, 165
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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