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ERIC Number: EJ502540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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Retrospective Bias in the Displaced Worker Surveys.
Evans, David S.; Leighton, Linda S.
Journal of Human Resources, v30 n2 p386-96 Spr 1995
The Dislocated Worker Survey underestimates the number of displaced for 1979-89 by about one-third. The bias results from the fact that respondents' memory of displacement over time, especially among blacks, people without a college education, and people with short tenure with an employer. (SK)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Statistics, Memory, Statistical Bias, Unemployment
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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