The implications of differences between employer and worker employment/earnings reports for policy evaluation

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 737-754

  Wallace, Geoffrey L ^a   Haveman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 34848901972     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20291     Document Type: Article

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