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average union premium of roughly 15 percent is called into question. Two forms of measurement error create a downward bias in … standard wage gap estimates. Match bias results from Census earnings imputation procedures that do not include union status as … a match criterion. Downward bias is roughly equal to the proportion of workers with imputed earnings, currently about 30 …
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This paper presents a new method to correct for measurement error in wage data and applies this method to address an … a cut in nominal wages is substantially overstated in data that is not corrected for measurement error. …
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correcting for measurement error, wages appear to be very sticky. In the average quarter, the probability that an individual will … consumer price inflation rate. …
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In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
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construct and estimate sharp bounds on household size and find that the degree of these measurement errors is non …
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the measurement error. The standard attenuation bias suggests that using these corrected data would lead to a higher …The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … error. This paper analyses the effect of this measurement error on GDP regressions. There is a systematic difference in the …
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results in an errors-in-variables problem that could downward bias the estimated wage return to locus of control by as much as …
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We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor … variances has been used for the estimation of the translog production functions. Two alternative formulations of technical …
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In the literature technical change is mostly assumed to be exogenous and specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect technical change. In this paper we model technical change via time trend (purely external non-economic) as well as...
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negative impact of ICT and innovative work practices. However, it does not reduce the age bias associated with these innovative … impact on the employability of older workers, but it offers limited prospects to dampen the age bias associated with new …
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