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Evaluating Administrative Records to Inform Measurement Error Properties of National Survey of College Graduates Estimates: Employment History and Firm Characteristics
Evaluating Administrative Records to Inform Measurement Error Properties of National Survey of College Graduates Estimates: Employment History and Firm Characteristics
Working Paper Number CARRA-18-11
Abstract
Using administrative records in survey operations can potentially improve data accuracy and survey operations. In this study, we link administrative data on earnings from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) dataset to the National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) to understand the alignment of this administrative records (AR) information with respondent collected data. The LEHD has ample coverage of the NSCG sample (over 90 percent) but has varying rates of agreement. The agreement rates across NSCG topics range from about 25 percent (for firm size) to about 75 percent (for employment status). Given these results, LEHD data has significant potential to enhance employment status and industry information within NSCG but may not be as useful for firm size and age.
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