Alternative data-manipulation methods are designed to cope with the problems inherent in testing duration-related hypotheses on panel data. Primary emphasis is given to the problems of missing observations and unknown duration status during the first period of the panel. The methods are then tested on a set of artificially generated panel data to indicate how the techniques can be operationalized and how results might differ under the various alternatives.
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