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(Don't) Walk This Way: The Econometrics of Crosswalks

Millimet, Daniel L. - 2024

units are not nested, a crosswalk specifying how the units from one data source are allocated to the units of the other is … attention of econometricians. Here, I show that use of an incorrect crosswalk induces measurement error that is necessarily … nonclassical and can be consequential. I discuss and illustrate the ramifications of using a flawed crosswalk, present two …

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A Model of Errors in BMI Based on Self-Reported and Measured Anthropometrics with Evidence from Brazilian Data

Davillas, Apostolos; de Oliveira, Victor Hugo; Jones, … - 2022

The economics of obesity literature implicitly assumes that measured anthropometrics are error-free and they are often treated as a gold standard when compared to self-reported data. We use factor mixture models to analyse and characterize measurement error in both self-reported and measured...

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An Empirical Total Survey Error Decomposition Using Data Combination

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2019

Survey error is known to be pervasive and to bias even simple, but important estimates of means, rates, and totals, such as poverty statistics and the unemployment rate. To summarize and analyze the extent, sources, and consequences of survey error, we define empirical counterparts of key...

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Combining Administrative and Survey Data to Improve Income Measurement

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2019

We describe methods of combining administrative and survey data to improve the measurement of income. We begin by decomposing the total survey error in the mean of survey reports of dollars received from a government transfer program. We decompose this error into three parts, generalized...

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Missing Data in Imputed Highest Grade Completed in the 2015 -2018 NBER CPS Extracts

Hersch, Joni; Mendoza Lopez, Fernando; Bennett Shinall, … - 2019

In 2015, the Current Population Survey (CPS) eliminated three questions related to educational attainment. These questions are used by the NBER to calculate the variable, "Imputed Highest Grade Completed" (ihigrdc) in their Monthly Outgoing Rotation Group (MORG) extracts. Imputed Highest Grade...

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COVID-19 Severity: A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths

Millimet, Daniel L.; Parmeter, Christopher F. - 2021

Accurate counts of cases and deaths are critical for devising an optimal pandemic response. Yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, so too has the recognition that cases and deaths have been underreported, perhaps vastly so. Here, we present an econometric strategy to estimate the true...

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Revisiting Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households: A Cautionary Tale on the Potential Pitfalls of Density Estimators

Kühnle, Daniel; Oberfichtner, Michael; Ostermann, Kerstin - 2021

We show that Bertrand et al.'s (QJE 2015) finding of a sharp drop in the relative income distribution within married couples at the point where wives start to earn more than their husbands is unstable across different estimation procedures and varies across contexts. We apply the estimators by...

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Survey Non-Response and Unemployment Duration

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten; Dolton, … - 2004

Social surveys are often used to estimate unemployment duration distributions. Survey nonresponse may then cause a bias. We study this using a unique dataset that combines survey information of individual workers with administrative records of the same workers. The latter provide information on...

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School progression and the grade distribution of students: evidence from the current population survey

Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2005

Education researchers have long made inferences about grade retention from the grade distribution of same-aged students. Recent economics studies have followed suit. This paper examines the validity of the below grade proxy for retention using data from supplemental questionnaires administered...

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School Progression and the Grade Distribution of Students: Evidence from the Current Population Survey

Cascio, Elizabeth U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Education researchers have long made inferences about grade retention from the grade distribution of same-aged students. Recent economics studies have followed suit. This paper examines the validity of the “below grade” proxy for retention using data from supplemental questionnaires...

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