Temporary agency work in the SOEP: Coping with data quality problems

In principle, the SOEP is a highly adequate data source for analyzing the socio-economic background of temporary agency workers. In this paper, it's argued that on second glance, the SOEP's temp worker variable shows severe problems with data quality. An easy-to-use adjustment procedure is proposed that alleviates the problem, but is not an encompassing solution. Therefore, it is concluded that in the long term, the questionnaire needs to be improved.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Schäfer, Holger
Publisher:	Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Subject:	temporary agency work \| panel surveys

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Series:	SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; 454
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	71905348X [GVK] hdl:10419/59609 [Handle]
Classification:	C83 - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods ; J53 - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
Source:	EconStor

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