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

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 1
Pages: 69-72

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

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.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:1:p:69-72
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25