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Data - MORG

Name:	Current Population Surveys (CPS) Annual Earnings File, also known as the Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups (MORG)
Source:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Brief Description:	Extracts from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Surveys. Fifty or more variables each month are selected for continuity across years. There are 25,000 records or more per month.
Survey Dates:	1979 - 2005
External Link:	http://www.nber.org/data/morg.html

This is a public-use dataset.

The CPS is the monthly household survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to measure labor force participation and employment. 50-60,000 households per month are queried. The Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups (MORG) is comprised of the following:

Every household that enters the Current Population Surveys (CPS) is interviewed each month for 4 months, then ignored for 8 months, then interviewed again for 4 more months. Usual weekly hours/earning questions are asked only at households in their 4th and 8th interview. These outgoing interviews are the only ones included in the CD-ROM. New households enter each month, so one fourth the households are in an outgoing rotation each month.

To apply for access to the MORG data, please complete the CSDE Dataset Access Request form.