Attrition Bias in Panel Data: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing? A Case Study Based on the Mabel Survey

• Published in: Health economics Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1101 - 1117
• Main Authors: Cheng, Terence C., Trivedi, Pravin K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2015; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Attrition; Australia; Bias; Case studies; copula; Data Interpretation, Statistical; earnings; Econometrics; Economics, Medical - statistics & numerical data; Female; General Practitioners - economics; General Practitioners - statistics & numerical data; Health economics; Humans; I11; Income - statistics & numerical data; J31; JEL C23; Labor market; Longitudinal Studies; Male; medical doctors; Medicine - statistics & numerical data; Models, Econometric; Physicians; Research Subjects - statistics & numerical data; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Australia; medical doctors; earnings; attrition; copula; I11; J31; JEL C23

Summary This paper investigates the nature and consequences of sample attrition in a unique longitudinal survey of medical doctors. We describe the patterns of non‐response and examine if attrition affects the econometric analysis of medical labour market outcomes using the estimation of physician e...