In the first three months of 1974, a drastic energy policy on the part of the British government limited the workweek to three days. Workers responding to income surveys during this period may report a "three-day week" wage rather than their usual weekly (five-day) income. The National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the Family Expenditure Survey (FES) questionnaires do not make clear which figure the respondents should have given. This study uses responses during and after the three-day week policy period to determine the magnitude of the measurement error in these two national surveys. It appears that very few respondents gave an "incorrect" three-day figure. In the FES, the estimated fraction of misreports is no larger than 3.2%; in the NCDS, the best estimate is zero.
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Paper provided by Institute for Social and Economic Research in its series ISER working papers with number
2002-11.
Length: 21 Date of creation: 29 May 2002 Date of revision: Publication status: published Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2002-11
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