Methodological innovations in collecting spending data: The HRS consumption and activities mail survey

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 435-459

  Hurd, Michael ^a   Rohwedder, Susann ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Recall bias; Spending data; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249123015     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2009.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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