Comparing Earnings Inequality Using Two Major Surveys.

Handcock, Mark S.; Morris, Martina; Bernhardt, Annette

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ERIC Number: EJ604454

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000-Mar

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Comparing Earnings Inequality Using Two Major Surveys.

Handcock, Mark S.; Morris, Martina; Bernhardt, Annette

Monthly Labor Review, v123 n3 p48-61 Mar 2000

Some research has shown discrepancies in earnings trends between the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and the Current Population Survey. When the sample is limited to full-time, year-round workers, the discrepancies are largely eliminated. (SK)

Descriptors: Research Methodology, Salary Wage Differentials, Statistical Bias, Wages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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