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Nancy A. Mathiowetz, Greg J. Duncan, Out of Work, Out of Mind: Response Errors in Retrospective Reports of Unemployment, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr., 1988), pp. 221-229
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