Mismeasured Household Size and Its Implications for the Identification of Economies of Scale

We consider the possibility that demographic variables are measured with errors which arise because household surveys measure demographic structures at a point-in-time, whereas household composition evolves throughout the survey period. We construct and estimate sharp bounds on household size and find that the degree of these measurement errors is non-trivial. However, while these errors have the potential to resolve the Deaton-Paxson paradox, they fail to do so.

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Year of publication:	2008-12
Authors:	Halliday, Timothy
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	migration \| measurement error \| semi-parametric bounds \| economies of scale

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 3896 36 pages
Classification:	J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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