Arbeitspapier
Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings Imputation
About 30% of workers in the CPS have earnings imputed. Wage gap estimates are biased toward zero when the attribute being studied (e.g., union status) is not a criterion used to match donors to nonrespondents. An expression for ?match bias? is derived in which attenuation equals the sum of match error rates. In practice, attenuation can be approximated by the proportion with imputed earnings. Union wage gap estimates with match bias removed are presented for 1973-2001. Estimates in recent years are biased downward 5 percentage points. Bias in gap estimates accompanying other non-match criteria (public sector, industry, etc.) is examined.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 783
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
- Thema
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wage differentials
hot deck imputation
match bias
CPS
union wage premiums
Lohnstruktur
Tariflohn
Lohnstatistik
Bias
Schätzung
Vereinigte Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Hirsch, Barry T.
Schumacher, Edward J.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2003
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hirsch, Barry T.
- Schumacher, Edward J.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2003
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