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Missing wages: How to test for biased estimates in wage functions?

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  • Fertig, Michael
  • Görlitz, Katja

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This paper investigates how to test for nonresponse selection bias in wage functions induced by missing income information. We suggest an “easy-to-implement” approach which requires information on interviewer IDs and the interview date rather than hard-to-get interviewer characteristics.

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  • Fertig, Michael & Görlitz, Katja, 2013. "Missing wages: How to test for biased estimates in wage functions?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 118(2), pages 269-271.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:118:y:2013:i:2:p:269-271
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.10.036
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    Keywords

    Item nonresponse; Wages; Selection model;
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    JEL classification:

    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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