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Modelling Errors in Survey and Administrative Data on Employment Earnings: Sensitivity to the Fraction Assumed to Have Error-Free Earnings

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13196

13 Pages Posted: 4 May 2020 Last revised: 6 May 2025

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Stephen P. Jenkins

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Fernando Rios Avila

Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute

Abstract

Kapteyn and Ypma (Journal of Labour Economics 2007) is an influential study of errors in survey and administrative data on employment earnings. To fit their mixture models, Kapteyn and Ypma assume a specific fraction of their sample have error-free earnings. Using a new UK dataset, we assess the sensitivity of model estimates and post-estimation statistics to variations in this fraction and find some lack of robustness.

Keywords: Kapteyn-Ypma model, measurement error, misclassification error, labour earnings

JEL Classification: C81, C83, D31

Suggested Citation

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Rios Avila, Fernando, Modelling Errors in Survey and Administrative Data on Employment Earnings: Sensitivity to the Fraction Assumed to Have Error-Free Earnings. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13196, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3590894

Stephen P. Jenkins (Contact Author)

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration ( email )

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University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) ( email )

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Fernando Rios Avila

Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute ( email )

Blithewood, Bard College
Annandale, NY 12504-5000
United States

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