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Retrospective Error in SOEP Calendar Data: The Case of Unemployment
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 125 (2005), Iss. 1 : pp. 157–165
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Jürges, Hendrik
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Abstract
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