Trouble in the tails? What we know about earnings nonresponse 30 years after lillard, smith, and welch

Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings data. T...

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Main Authors: Bollinger, C.R (Author), Hirsch, B.T (Author), Hokayem, C.M (Author), Ziliak, J.P (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2019
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520 3 |a Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings data. The common assumption that earnings are missing at random is rejected.� Nonresponse across the earnings distribution is U-shaped, highest in the left and right tails. Inequality measures differ between household and administrative data due in part to nonresponse. Nonresponse biases earnings differentials by race, gender, and education, particularly in the tails. Flexible copula-based models can account for nonrandom nonresponse. © 2019 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 
650 0 4 |a educational attainment 
650 0 4 |a equity 
650 0 4 |a gender relations 
650 0 4 |a household survey 
650 0 4 |a knowledge 
650 0 4 |a numerical model 
650 0 4 |a race 
650 0 4 |a savings 
700 1 |a Bollinger, C.R.  |e author 
700 1 |a Hirsch, B.T.  |e author 
700 1 |a Hokayem, C.M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Ziliak, J.P.  |e author 
773 |t Journal of Political Economy