Brian Dew
Brian Dew
When mapping CPS data to metro areas, one problem is that censored CPS observations are not random. For example, the DC metro area includes a small portion of West Virginia...
Interesting use of the CPS https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2018/article/occupational-separations-a-new-method-for-projecting-workforce-needs.htm
Would be much better to include the 6 variables that identify specific disability types, for the years they are available.
The HEAD variable was removed but is used in an example notebook. Switch the example notebook to creating the HEAD variable itself, if possible.
values for person weight sum to correct total but hh weight total is too low
The stock variables for number of children and age of children are rigid and missing for many years. However, because the CPS is a household survey and contains relationship variables,...
There are a bunch of education questions after 1997 that I am under-utilizing. [Jaeger (2002)](http://users.nber.org/~jroth/Jaeger-CPS.pdf) gives a detailed mapping of these questions to a continuous variable that I would call...
It is not clear at all when the CBSA and CSA codes have changed and in what ways. There is a clear break in 2004, but not much else is...
Would be good to know when an earnings value is imputed. This is not available for all years, but is indicated by PRHERNAL for hourly and PRWERNAL for weekly.
Create matched CPSID for households from 1989 to near the 1995 break, and skipping the breaks between.