Reconciling educational attainment questions in the CPS and the census

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 36-40

  Jaeger, David A ^a,b  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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References (6)

1. Robert Kominski and Paul M. Siegel, "Measuring education in the Current Population Survey," Monthly Labor Review, September 1993, pp. 34-38.
2. See David A. Jaeger, "Reconciling the Old and New Census Bureau Education Questions: Recommendations for Researchers," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, July 1997, pp. 300-09.
3. The CPS surveys individuals for 4 months, does not survey them for 8 months, and then again surveys them for 4 months. Because the CPS does not follow individuals who move in between times the survey is administered, it is possible only to match somewhat less than half of a given month's sample to the previous year's survey.
4. The matching procedure and other sample selection criteria are discussed in greater detail in Jaeger, "Reconciling the Old and New Education Questions."
5. Jaeger, "Reconciling the Old and New Education Questions"; and H. Frazis and J. Stewart, Tracking the Returns to Education in the Nineties: Bridging the Gap Between the New and Old CPS Education Items, Economic Working Paper Number 288 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 1996) examine the impact of the change in the question on earnings differentials in detail.
6. Jaeger, "Reconciling the Old and New Education Questions"; and H. Frazis and J. Stewart, Tracking the Returns to Education in the Nineties: Bridging the Gap Between the New and Old CPS Education Items, Economic Working Paper Number 288 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 1996) examine the impact of the change in the question on earnings differentials in detail.