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Errors in Survey Reports of Earnings, Hours Worked, and Hourly Wages

Willard L. Rodgers Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
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Charles Brown Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109; Department of Economics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
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Greg J. Duncan Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109; Department of Economics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Pages 1208-1218 | Received 01 Sep 1990, Published online: 27 Feb 2012

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