Brian Dew

Results 40 issues of 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...

enhancement
visualization
priority: medium

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.

enhancement
priority:low

The HEAD variable was removed but is used in an example notebook. Switch the example notebook to creating the HEAD variable itself, if possible.

enhancement
priority:low

values for person weight sum to correct total but hh weight total is too low

bug
priority: high

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,...

enhancement
new variable
priority: medium
1989-93

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...

new variable
priority: medium

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...

enhancement
documentation
priority:low

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.

enhancement
new variable
priority:low

Create matched CPSID for households from 1989 to near the 1995 break, and skipping the breaks between.

enhancement
priority:low
1989-93