Arbeitspapier

Item non-response and imputation of annual labor income in panel surveys from a cross-national perspective

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement error on prototypical analyses (earnings inequality, mobility and wage regressions) in a cross-national setting. Given the considerable variation of INR across surveys as well as the varying degree of selectivity build into the missing process, there is substantive and methodological interest in an improved harmonization of (income) data production as well as of imputation strategies across surveys. All three panels make use of longitudinal information in their respective imputation procedures, however, there are marked differences in the implementation ...

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3043

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Item non-response
imputation
income inequality
income mobility
panel data
SOEP
BHPS
HILDA
Lohn
Haushaltseinkommen
Statistische Erhebung
Panel
Befragung
Statistischer Fehler
Einkommensverteilung
Soziale Mobilität
Deutschland
Großbritannien
Australien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Frick, Joachim R.
Grabka, Markus M.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2007

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Frick, Joachim R.
  • Grabka, Markus M.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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