An Evaluation of the National Longitudinal Survey on Youth
评估全国青年纵向调查（NLSY）的数据可靠性，分析样本流失的模式、流失者与返回者的特征，并与当前人口调查（CPS）对比，对使用该数据的研究者判断数据质量有参考价值。
To investigate the nature and potential consequences of attrition in the NLSY [National Longitudinal Survey on Youth] this paper studies the reliability of these data by focusing on three issues. These are attrition patterns characteristics of attriters and returnees and comparability. begin in Section II by describing the structure of the NLSY sample. We then summarize the patterns of attrition and returning found in the NLSY.... In Section III we explore how attrition might corrupt the picture of labor market experiences portrayed in the NLSY by developing a characterization of [attriters and returnees].... In Section IV we carry out an extensive comparison of the NLSY with the CPS.... Finally Section V summarizes and interprets our findings. (EXCERPT)