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Title: The Impact of the Censoring Problem on Estimating Women's Occupational Attainment Equations
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1. Fligstein, Neil
Wolf, Wendy
The Impact of the Censoring Problem on Estimating Women's Occupational Attainment Equations
Discussion Paper No. 371-76, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1977
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Income; Occupational Attainment; Sex Education; Women

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Research on sex differences in occupational attainment suggests that working men and working women attain essentially the same mean level of occupational attainment and do so through quite similar processes. A possible explanation for these similarities is that the sample of working women contains an overrepresentation of successful women, since women who can afford not to work will stay out of the labor force unless they find a job commensurate with their education. This we define as a censoring problem. By extending a technique developed by Heckman, we can estimate the structural parameters for all women, regardless of current employment status. This procedure allows us to assess the impact of the censoring problem on women's occupational attainment equations.
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Fligstein, Neil and Wendy Wolf. "The Impact of the Censoring Problem on Estimating Women's Occupational Attainment Equations." Discussion Paper No. 371-76, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1977.