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Using German survey and expert data on job tasks, this paper explores the presence of omitted-variable bias suspected …-level, introduces omitted-variable bias in task returns on the order of 26-34%. Motivated by a theoretical framework, I argue this bias … between experts and workers. My findings have important implications for the interpretation of conventional task models as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014430036
Using German survey and expert data on job tasks, this paper explores the presence of omitted-variable bias suspected …-level, introduces omitted-variable bias in task returns on the order of 24-34%. Motivated by a theoretical framework, I argue this bias … between experts and workers. My findings have important implications for the interpretation of conventional task models as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013203462
Using German survey and expert data on job tasks, this paper explores the presence of omitted-variable bias suspected …-level, introduces omitted-variable bias in task returns on the order of 26-34%. Motivated by a theoretical framework, I argue this bias … between experts and workers. My findings have important implications for the interpretation of conventional task models as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014370270
This paper suggests an extension of the RIF Decomposition for taking into account the average selectivity bias. Wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013306573
How high is unemployment? How low is labor force participation? Is obesity more prevalent among men? How large are household expenditures? We study the sources of the relevant official statistics --- the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012936300
Research on child skill formation and related policies typically rely on parent- reported measures of child non-cognitive skills. In this paper, we show that parental assessments of child non-cognitive skills are directly affected by the skills of the parents. We develop a dynamic model of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293676
Research on child skill formation and related policies typically rely on parent- reported measures of child non-cognitive skills. In this paper, we show that parental assessments of child non-cognitive skills are directly affected by the skills of the parents. We develop a dynamic model of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293678
results in an errors-in-variables problem that could downward bias the estimated wage return to locus of control by as much as … ; measurement error ; endogeneity ; life events …
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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 … ; measurement error ; endogeneity ; life events …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235516
results in an errors-in-variables problem that could downward bias the estimated wage return to locus of control by as much as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126929