A question of bias in the US unemployment numbers

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1003-1007

  Parsons, Richard A ^a  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; CES; CPS; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875192165     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.772285     Document Type: Article

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