Attrition in Panel Survey Data and the Estimation of Multi-State Labor Market Models

Gerard van den Berg and Maarten Lindeboom ()

Journal of Human Resources, 1998, vol. 33, issue 2, 458-478

Abstract: In the analysis of labor market transitions, spells that are incomplete due to panel survey attrition are treated as spells that are subject to independent right-censoring. It is likely, however, that the unobserved characteristics affecting individual transitions on the labor market are related to those affecting the attitude toward survey participation. In that case, the transition rate estimates are inconsistent. In this paper we analyze the relation between durations spent in labor market states and the duration of panel survey participation, by explicitly modeling and estimating both stochastic processes. We use multi-state multi-spell models which allow for stochastically related unobserved determinants.

Date: 1998
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (44)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/146437
A subscription is required to access pdf files. Pay per article is available.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:33:y:1998:i:2:p:458-478

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Human Resources from University of Wisconsin Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().