Measuring program impacts on earnings and employment: Do unemployment insurance wage reports from employers agree with surveys of individuals?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 168-197

  Kornfeld, Robert ^a   Bloom, Howard S ^a  

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EID: 0033477464     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209917     Document Type: Article

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