Are Labor Market Indicators Telling the Truth? : Role of Measurement Error in the U.S. Current Population Survey /

Labor market indicators are critical for policymakers, but measurement error in labor force survey data is known to be substantial. In this paper, I quantify the implications of classification errors in the U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS), in which respondents misreport their true labor force s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shibata, Ippei
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/040
Online Access:Full text available on IMF