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CPS wage data variable needs to be changed... #32

Closed nickeubank closed 2 years ago

nickeubank commented 2 years ago

should be:

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nickeubank commented 2 years ago

Docs say:

Earnings are collected per hour for hourly workers, and per week for other workers. If you want a consistent hourly wage series during entire period, you should use earnwke/uhourse. This gives imputed hourly wage for weekly workers and actual hourly wage for hourly workers. But check earnwke for top-coding. Do not use any wage data that may be present for self-employed workers.