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December 2004

What can time-use data tell us about hours of work?

Harley Frazis, Jay C. Stewart

Estimates of hours worked from the CPS are very close to estimates from the ATUS for CPS reference weeks; however, CPS reference weeks are not representative of the entire month.

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