The long and short of asking questions about income, wealth, and labor supply

Social Science Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 248-263

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Petersen, Eric ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Questionnaire; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009641253     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.2000.0696     Document Type: Article

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