Microdata Access and Labor Market Research: The U. S. Experience |
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Authors: | Katharine G. Abraham |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Maryland, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, 1218 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742, United States |
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Abstract: | Summary: The paper illustrates the value of broad researcher access to survey and administrative microdata using examples drawn from the U. S. experience, outlining how analyses of trends in earnings inequality, poverty and employment dynamics using such data have benefited policy makers and contributed to improvements in statistical agency data products. Methods of facilitating researcher access, including the release of public use files, the use of licensing agreements, and the establishment of research data centers, are discussed. * The author thanks Anne Polivka, Marilyn Seastrom and two anonymous referees for helpful comments on an earlier draft of the paper. |
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Keywords: | Labor market research microdata access public use file licensing agreement research data center JEL J0 C81 |
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