Assessing the impact of initial nonresponse and attrition in the analysis of unemployment duration with panel surveys

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-318

  Pyy Martikainen, Marjo ^a   Rendtel, Ulrich ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined survey register data; Duration of unemployment; Nonresponse analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049145854     PISSN: 18638171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10182-008-0069-y     Document Type: Article

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