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Improving imputations of top incomes in the public-use current population survey by using both cell-means and variances

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  • Burkhauser, Richard V.
  • Feng, Shuaizhang
  • Larrimore, Jeff

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Using internal March CPS data, we construct and make available variances and cell-means for all topcoded income values in the public-use CPS. We then demonstrate how their inclusion can improve existing imputation methods in the labor earnings inequality literature.

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  • Burkhauser, Richard V. & Feng, Shuaizhang & Larrimore, Jeff, 2010. "Improving imputations of top incomes in the public-use current population survey by using both cell-means and variances," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 108(1), pages 69-72, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:1:p:69-72
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