household expenditures? We study the sources of the relevant official statistics—the Current Population Survey (CPS), the … Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX)—and find that the answers depend on …

Estimates of volunteering in the United States vary greatly from survey to survey and do not show the decline over time … survey participation, in particular the propensity of people who do volunteer work to respond to surveys at higher rates than … data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) -- the sample for which is drawn from Current Population Survey (CPS …

This paper reports the results of a field study examining the use of TQM at 15 firms. The sample is drawn from winners …, 44 middle managers, and 17 front line workers. The interviews elicited information on the motives for adopting TQM, the … evaluation, compensation, and promotion, the use of teams, reallocation of authority, and the results of the TQM program. We use …