THE MEASUREMENT OF LABOR-FORCE DYNAMICS WITH LONGITUDINAL DATA - THE LABOR-MARKET ACTIVITY SURVEY FILTER

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: JONES, SRG; RIDDELL, WC
• 署名单位: University of British Columbia
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298378
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 351-385
• 关键词: unemployment; duration; experience; spells; time

摘要

This article explores the measurement of labor force dynamics using longitudinal data, focusing in particular on the Canadian Labour Market Activity Survey (LMAS), which represents a potential advance in longitudinal data collection because it measures aspects of dynamics not available in existing panel data such as the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the National Longitudinal Survey. We examine the implications of the LMAS questionnaire structure-the LMAS filter-for the study of labor market dynamics and undertake simulations to provide a quantitative assessment of the importance of this filter for labor force spells and transitions between labor force states.