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Item Non-response and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
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...
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Die Bewertung von Erwerbseinkommen: methodische und inhaltliche Analysen zu einer Vignettenstudie im Rahmen des SOEP-Pretest 2008
Sauer, Carsten; Auspurg, Katrin; Hinz, Thomas; Liebig, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
In the 2008 Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) Pretest, the factorial survey method was tested for the first time for use in the SOEP longitudinal study. In this paper, we describe the construction and application of the vignette module, which has its origins in the field of justice research and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005071114
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International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom
Hijzen, Alexander; Görg, Holger; Hine, Robert C. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import-use matrices of input-output tables for manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963926
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Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe: Effects of Russian Gas Market Reforms and the Rising Market Power of Gazprom
Sagen, Eirik Lund; Tsygankova, Marina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
alter the allocation of Gazprom´s gas sales between domestic and export markets. In this paper we use both theoretical and … for Gazprom to induce monopoly power in its export markets. Our main findings suggest that both increased domestic gas … low domestic prices, Gazprom may even have difficulties to carry out its long-term export commitments. However, if export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068939
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Knowledge, Location, and Internationalization: Empirical Evidence for Manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
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Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
The overall goal of the report is to increase the capacity of researchers and policy makers to identify comparatively, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an extensive overview of existing practices and datasets used...
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The Data Quality Concept of Accuracy in the Context of Public Use Data Sets
Kuchler, Carsten; Spieß, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
Like other data quality dimensions, the concept of accuracy is often adopted to characterise a particular data set. However, its common specification basically refers to statistical properties of estimators, which can hardly be proved by means of a single survey at hand. This ambiguity can be...
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Regional Income Stratification in Unified Germany Using a Gini Decomposition Approach
Frick, Joachim R.; Goebel, Jan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the obligatory between- and withingroup components as well...
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Autonomous Organization of the (International) Scientific Community Would Simplify Data Protection in the Social Sciences and Encourage Reanalysis
Wagner, Gert G. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
In den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften besteht ohne die Moeglichkeit einer Re-Analyse von statistischen Ergebnissen (gleichermaßen amtlichen wie nicht-amtlichen) die Gefahr von nicht entdeckten Irrtuemern. Mit anderen Worten: Re- Analysen sind in der Wissenschaft die "Berufungsinstanz",...
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Dealing with Incomplete Household Panel Data in Inequality Research
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Population surveys around the world face the problem of declining cooperation and participation rates of respondents. Not only can item nonresponse and unit nonresponse impair important outcome measures for inequality research such as total household disposable income; there is also a further...
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