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The Sensitivity of Economic Statistics to Coding Errors in Personal Identifiers

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John M. Abowd
Lars Vilhuber

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In this paper, we describe the sensitivity of small-cell flow statistics to coding errors in the identity of the underlying entities. Specifically, we present results based on a comparison of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) before and after correcting for such errors in SSN-based identifiers in the underlying individual wage records. The correction used involves a novel application of existing statistical matching techniques. It is found that even a very conservative correction procedure has a sizable impact on the statistics. The average bias ranges from 0.25 percent up to 15 percent for flow statistics, and up to 5 percent for payroll aggregates.

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Paper provided by Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau in its series Technical Papers with number 2002-17.

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Length: 51 pages
Date of creation: Oct 2002
Date of revision: Mar 2003
Publication status: Published in Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, April 2005, pages 133-152.
Handle: RePEc:cen:tpaper:2002-17

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Keywords: Flow statistics; Probabilistic matching; Transitions; Tenure; Job flows; Job creation; QWI;

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  1. Burgess, Simon & Lane, Julia & Stevens, David, 2000. "Job Flows, Worker Flows, and Churning," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(3), pages 473-502, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. John M. Abowd & Paul A. Lengermann & Lars Vilhuber, 2002. "The Creation of the Employment Dynamics Estimates," Technical Papers 2002-13, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. [Downloadable!]
  3. Audra Bowlus & Lars Vilhuber, 2002. "Displaced workers, early leavers, and re-employment wages," Technical Papers 2002-18, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Elizabeth Wilde, 2008. "Do Response Times Matter? The Impact of EMS Response Times on Health Outcomes," Working Papers 1065, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
  2. Geurts, Karen & Ramioul, Monique & Vets, Peter, 2009. "Using employee flows to improve measures of job creation and destruction and firm dynamics: The case of Belgium," MPRA Paper 15306, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  3. John J. Abowd & John Haltiwanger & Julia Lane, 2004. "Integrated Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data for the United States," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(2), pages 224-229, May. [Downloadable!]
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  4. John M. Abowd & John Haltiwanger & Julia Lane & Kevin L. McKinney & Kristin Sandusky, 2007. "Technology and the Demand for Skill:An Analysis of Within and Between Firm Differences," NBER Working Papers 13043, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Audra Bowlus & Lars Vilhuber, 2002. "Displaced workers, early leavers, and re-employment wages," Technical Papers 2002-18, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. [Downloadable!]
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  6. John Abowd & Bryce Stephens & Lars Vilhuber, 2006. "The LEHD Infrastructure Files and the Creation of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators," Technical Papers 2006-01, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Kevin McKinney & Lars Vilhuber, 2006. "Using linked employer-employee data to investigate the speed of adjustments in downsizing firms," Technical Papers 2006-03, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. [Downloadable!]
  8. John M. Abowd & Paul A. Lengermann & Kevin L. McKinney, 2002. "The Measurement of Human Capital in the U.S. Economy," Technical Papers 2002-09, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, revised Mar 2003. [Downloadable!]
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