Abstract
The matching of Social Security records to cross-sectional demographic and economic data from the Current Population Survey permits creation of individual work experience data for a large sample of women. The quality of the experience proxy is examined with respect to sample selection bias, measurement error, and regression analysis of wage equations. Provided certain precautions are taken, the experience data appear to be useful for cross-sectional analyses of female wage determination.
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