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Reported vs. Actual Job Search by Unemployment Insurance Claimants.

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St. Louis, Robert D.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1986

Compares self-reported job search contacts of unemployment insurance recipients with independently verified job-search contacts. The separate equations estimated for reported and actual job contacts suggest that systematic misreporting may distort the conclusions. Some implications of the findings for reported unemployment rates also are explored.…

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Job Search Methods, Research Methodology

Research Uses of the National Longitudinal Surveys. Part V of a Research Agenda for the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience: Report on the Social Science Research Council's Conference on the National Longitudinal Surveys (Washington, D.C., October, 1977).

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Bielby, William T.; And Others – 1978

A review and evaluation were conducted of social science research that has been based upon the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) of Labor Market Experience. First, a comprehensive survey was undertaken of the labor market research that has used NLS data: (1) labor supply and the factors of female and male labor, child care and welfare, and…

Descriptors: Data Collection, Human Capital, Job Search Methods, Labor Demands

A Research Agenda for the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience: Report on the Social Science Research Council's Conference on the National Longitudinal Surveys, October, 1977. Parts I to IV.

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Social Science Research Council, Washington, DC. Center for Coordination of Research on Social Indicators. – 1978

This report of the Social Science Research Council's Conference on the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS) begins with a description of the rationale and background for the conference. In the first of four parts, the conference objectives are stated: (1) review previous research based on the National Longitudinal Surveys…

Descriptors: Adult Development, Blacks, Career Change, Child Rearing