Dynamic Labour Market Behaviour in the British Household Panel Survey: The Effects of Recall Bias and Panel Attrition

G Paull

Working Papers from Centre for Economic Performance & Institute of Economics

Abstract: Given the increasing use of panel data in testing hypotheses about labour market behaviour, it is essential that economists have a cound grasp of the problems involved in the collection of this type of data. This paper investigates the biases generated by recall errors and panel attrition, using data from the first four waves of the British Household Panel Survey. It then discusses the impact of these biases on conclusions drawn about labour market behaviour from studies using panel data.

Keywords: LABOUR MARKET; UNITED KINGDOM; STATISTICS; ECONOMETRICS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C52 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 1997
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