MISSING VALUES IN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY 2007  IN BULGARIA Cover Image

ЛИПСВАЩИТЕ СТОЙНОСТИ ПРИ НАБЛЮДЕНИЕТО НА РАБОТНАТА СИЛА – 2007 г. В БЪЛГАРИЯ
MISSING VALUES IN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY 2007 IN BULGARIA

Author(s): Deyan Lazarov
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Бургаски свободен университет
Keywords: Missing Values; Missing Mechanism; Missing pattern; Labour Force Survey; Imputation; EM algorithm

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the principles of missing values (MV) patterns and mechanisms. Using Labour Force Survey conducted in Bulgaria 2007 by National Statistical Institute are evaluated the MV mechanisms among employed by permanence of job and is shown that mechanism is not MCAR. In efforts to sift the MAR and MNAR mechanisms K-means cluster procedure is used and two different groups of individuals ware found. In this two groups are implemented imputation by EM algorithm that performs very well in this situation

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 70-83
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian
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