Monthly wages in the Swiss Household Panel

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serval:BIB_0E3BF07CC093
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Monthly wages in the Swiss Household Panel
Journal
SHP Working Paper
Author(s)
Kuhn Ursina
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Volume
10
Number
2
Pages
1-10
Language
english
Abstract
This paper describes the construction of monthly income from employment and self employment in the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). It documents the assumptions that have to be taken and addresses possibilities and difficulties when relating monthly income variables with the number of working hours. Finally, some descriptive statistics of the monthly wages are provided from 1999 to 2008. These show a high correlation of wages across the years, which is higher than correlation from yearly wages. This underlies the suitability of these variables on monthly wages for labour market research with the SHP. Median and average hourly wages have increased slightly from 2002 to 2008. The inequality of wages has remained stable for the total population.
Keywords
income panel
Create date
07/09/2010 16:03
Last modification date
20/08/2019 12:35
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