The Analysis of Household Surveys (Reissue Edition with a New Preface) : A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Purpose and intended audience -- Policy and data: methodological issues -- Structure and outline -- Chapter 1: The design and content of household surveys -- 1.1 Survey design -- Survey frames and coverage -- Strata and clusters -- Unequal selection probabilities, weights, and inflation factors -- Sample design in theory and practice -- Panel data -- 1.2 The content and quality of survey data -- Individuals and households -- Reporting periods -- Measuring consumption -- Measuring income -- 1.3 The Living Standards Surveys -- A brief history -- Design features of LSMS surveys -- What have we learned? -- 1.4 Descriptive statistics from survey data -- Finite populations and superpopulations -- The sampling variance of the mean -- Using weights and inflation factors -- Sampling variation of probability-weighted estimators -- Stratification -- Two-stage sampling and clusters -- A superpopulation approach to clustering -- Illustrative calculations for Pakistan -- The bootstrap -- 1.5 Guide to further reading -- Chapter 2: Econometric issues for survey data -- 2.1 Survey design and regressions -- Weighting in regressions -- Recommendations for practice -- 2.2 The econometrics of clustered samples -- The economics of clusters in developing countries -- Estimating regressions from clustered samples -- 2.3 Heteroskedasticity and quantile regressions -- Heteroskedasticity in regression analysis -- Quantile regressions -- Calculating quantile regressions -- Heteroskedasticity and limited dependent variable models -- Robust estimation of censored regression models -- Radical approaches to censored regressions -- 2.4 Structure and regression in nonexperimental data -- Simultaneity, feedback, and unobserved heterogeneity -- Example 1. Prices and quantities in local markets