Does measurement error bias employment pathways? The case of Italy

Dimitris Pavlopoulos, Silvia Loriga, Roberta Varriale

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Abstract

The exploration of employment trajectories over time may be significantly biased due to measurement errors in the data used for the analysis. This paper addresses this issue by employing a mixture hidden Markov model (MHMM) that detects and corrects for measurement errors. Specifically, we use an MHMM that includes two indicators for employment status, derived from linked data from the Italian Labour Force Survey and Administrative Data for the period 2017-2021.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-222
Number of pages12
JournalRivista Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica
VolumeLXXIX
Issue number1
Early online date13 Feb 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2025

Funding

This paper is part of the project DYNANSE that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 864471

FundersFunder number
ERC864471

    Keywords

    • measurement error
    • Italy
    • employment trajectories
    • labour market

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