Rounding in earnings data

Mark Schweitzer and Eric K. Severance-Lossin

No 9612, Working Papers (Old Series) from Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Abstract: A report showing that although rounding in earnings data is typically ignored, its systematic nature affects some commonly used statistics based on earnings data, particularly those focusing on a specific region of the wage distribution.

Keywords: Wages; Statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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