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Article: MATCHING SAMPLES AND ANALYSING THEIR DIFFERENCES IN A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY OF LABOUR MARKET ENTRY IN ENGLAND AND WEST GERMANY.(Brief Article)
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- International Journal of Comparative Sociology
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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Social Statistics Institute, City University, Northampton Square, London ECIV OHB, U.K.
Department of Sociology, University of Bremen, West Germany
International Journal of Comparative Sociology Vol. 32 (1991) pp. 137-153
The paper discusses the methodological issues raised by a study comparing labour market entry of young people in two expanding and two contracting labour markets in West Germany and England. Rather than draw random samples of 16-19 year olds from each study area, it was decided to select samples from the expanding labour markets in the two countries and the contracting labour markets in which individuals were "twinned" on the ...