Memory Bias In Retrospectively Collected Employment Careers: A Model-Based Approach To Correct For Measurement Error

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-73

  Manzoni, Anna ^a   Vermunt, Jeroen K ^b   Luijkx, Ruud ^b   Muffels, Ruud ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78449266589     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2010.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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