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008 050503s2004 gw sb 000 0 eng
010 $a 2005617891
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHD5701
100 1 $aBerg, Gerard J. van den.
245 10 $aSurvey non-response and unemployment duration$h[electronic resource] /$cby Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Peter Dolton.
260 $aBonn, Germany :$bIZA,$c[2004]
490 1 $aDiscussion paper ;$vno. 1303
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 5/3/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"Social surveys are often used to estimate unemployment duration distributions. Survey non-response may then cause a bias. We study this using a unique dataset that combines survey information of individual workers with administrative records of the same workers. The latter provide information on unemployment durations and personal characteristics of all survey respondents and non-respondents. We develop a method to empirically distinguish between two explanations for a bias in results based on only survey data: (1) selectivity due to related unobserved determinants of unemployment durations and non-response, and (2) a causal effect of a job exit on non-response. The latter may occur even in fully homogeneous populations. The methodology exploits variation in the timing of the duration outcome relative to the survey moment. The results show evidence for both explanations. We discuss implications for standard methods to deal with non-response bias"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
650 0 $aSocial surveys$xResponse rate.
650 0 $aUnemployment$xStatistical methods.
700 1 $aLindeboom, Maarten.
700 1 $aDolton, Peter.
830 0 $aDiscussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;$vno. 1303
856 40 $uhttp://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=1303