PDII Survey

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PDII Survey

• Conducted by Westat in English and Spanish
• Start with CPS
• Autor Handel, Blinder, Kleiner, Krueger, Blau
  Kahn, Hall, Freeland helped design new questions
  on job skills, offshoring, occupational
  licensing, experience, job search, etc.
• Focus group tests
• Codebook, questionnaire, and documentation
  available on Kruegers web page under PDII. Data
  will be posted there soon.

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More on PDII Survey

• Universe Individuals age 18 or older in the
  labor force
• 2,513 eligible individuals were interviewed June
  5-July 20, 2008
• Asked about last job for those not currently
  employed
• Random digit dial sampling design
• One respondent randomly selected from eligible
  household to complete the survey
• Up to 15 callbacks made to try to elicit
  responses.

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More on PDII Survey

• 28 of sampled eligible households agreed to
  participate in the screening questions, and 64
  of the selected individuals in screened
  households completed the questionnaire.
• Response rate was 17.9, using AAPOR definition 3
• Sample weights primarily match the marginal
  distributions of the Current Population Survey by
  sex, age, education, census region, urbanization,
  race, Hispanic ethnicity, employment status, and
  class of employer
• Note issue with hourly wage data didnt build
  in checks for overtime, tips and commissions that
  are in CPS

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Split Ballot Experiment Occupation
Q6A. What kind of work do you do, that is, what
is your occupation? (IF NECESSARY For example,
Plumber, Typist, or Farmer) ____________________
________________________________________ Q6B.
What kind of work do you do, that is, what is
your occupation? (IF NECESSARY For example,
Electrician, Sales Person, or Mechanic)
__________________________________________________
__________ Randomly assigned respondents to
Version A and Version B.
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Results
Version A Version B Plumber, Typist,
1.2 0.9 or Farmer
Electrician, Sales Person,
6.3 6.3 or Mechanic
Differences between A and B are not statistically
significant at 0.10 level. N equals 1,305 for
version A and 1,191 for version B.
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Results
Version A Version B Plumber, Typist,
3.6 2.9 Farmer or Secretary Electricia
n, Sales Person, 6.3 6.3 or Mechanic
Differences between A and B are not statistically
significant at 0.10 level. N equals 1,305 for
version A and 1,191 for version B.
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Make Things, Repair Things or Provide Services
Q8. Would you say that on your own job you
mainly provide services, repair things, or make
things? DK 2.0 REFUSED 0.5 PROVIDE
SERVICES 78.6 REPAIR THINGS 8.3
MAKE THINGS 10.6 N 2,274

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Make, Repair or Serve by Industry
Q8. Would you say that on your own job you
mainly provide services, repair things, or make
things? Ag, Mfg, Everything
Mining, Constr Else PROVIDE SERVICES
52.3 88.0 REPAIR THINGS 20.3
5.4 MAKE THINGS 27.4
6.7
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Another Novel Question

• GED Status asked of all people with at least high
  school
• Q39a. Do you have a GED or a regular high
  school degree?
• GED .1
• Regular high school degree..2

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GED

• 160 GED recipients (9.1 of HS and above)
• 17 of exactly HS have GED
• 5 of those with gtHS have GED
• In Wage Equation GED recipients earn 9 less
  (t1.98)
• In Wage Equation for gtHS sample, GED recipients
  earn 28 less (t4.01)