If you plot labor force participation in the monthly files and the ASEC, using each samples respective weights (WTFINL and ASECWT), they produce inconsistent estimates before 1989. After 1989 they line up. Why are they inconsistent before? And which one is more correct? [lfp_march_v_monthly]

Inconsistencies between monthly basic files and ASEC

JeffBloem Split this topic July 10, 2019, 7:20pm 3

2 posts were split to a new topic: ASEC vs. Basic Monthly samples

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Are the CPS ASEC samples provided here the same samples used by the BLS to calculate labor force participation?	0	382	September 3, 2017
ASEC vs. Basic Monthly samples CPS	2	576	July 10, 2019
Replicating pre-1998 BLS employment and labor force CPS	1	52	March 26, 2025
Labor Force Participation by Age for the year 2014 looks very different CPS	1	391	July 26, 2017
earnwt missing in 1979-1981 in IPUMS CPS Basic Monthly CPS	4	470	October 28, 2016