Opening Pandora's Box: The Measurement of Average Wages (ICPSR 1158)

Version Date: Aug 27, 1998

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Principal Investigator(s):
Joseph A. Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01158.v1

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Summary

The data provide a description of the differences among the most common methods for measuring average wages and an exploration of how these differences can systematically change the answers to some important questions about wages. The different characteristics of the various measurement methods (average hourly earnings, compensation per hour, or the employment cost index) make them suited to different purposes.

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Ritter, Joseph A. Opening Pandora’s Box: The Measurement of Average Wages. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998-08-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01158.v1

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The files submitted are MA96JR.WK1, a data file in Lotus 1-2-3 format,and MA96JR.FMT, a format file for older versions of Lotus 1-2-3. (2) These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

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Original Release Date

1998-08-27

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Ritter, Joseph A. Opening Pandora's Box: The Measurement of Average Wages. ICPSR01158-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998-08-27. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01158.v1

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  • These data are flagged as replication datasets and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.