Similar Search Results

Misclassification in Binary Choice Models

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

While measurement error in the dependent variable does not lead to bias in some well-known cases, with a binary dependent variable the bias can be pronounced. In binary choice, Hausman, Abrevaya and Scott-Morton (1998) show that the marginal effects in the observed data differ from the true ones...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951180

The Under-Reporting of Transfers in Household Surveys: Its Nature and Consequences

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mok, Wallace K C; Sullivan, James X. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

High rates of understatement are found for many government transfer programs and in many datasets. This understatement has major implications for our understanding of economic well-being and the effects of transfer programs. We provide estimates of the extent of under-reporting for ten transfer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061541

Disability, Earnings, Income and Consumption

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mok, Wallace K C - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Using longitudinal data for 1968-2009 for male household heads, we determine the prevalence of pre- retirement age disability and its association with a wide range of outcomes, including earnings, income, and consumption. We then employ some of these quantities in the optimal social insurance...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796715

Welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers

Meyer, Bruce D.; Rosenbaum, Dan T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

During 1984-96, welfare and tax policy changed dramatically. The Earned Income Tax Credit was expanded, welfare benefits were cut, welfare time limits were added and cases were terminated, Medicaid for the working poor was expanded, training programs were redirected, and subsidized or free child...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005719951

Making Single Mothers Work: Recent Tax and Welfare Policy and its Effects

Meyer, Bruce D.; Rosenbaum, Dan T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

We describe the enormous changes in social and tax policy in recent years that have encouraged work by single mothers. We document the changes in federal and state income taxes, AFDC and Food Stamp benefits, Medicaid, training and child care programs. We describe the quantitative importance of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005774882

Further Results on Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption

Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

to measure the well-being of the poor, and, on balance, data quality issues favor consumption in the case of single … mothers. Our earlier work did not show that income and consumption differ in practice. Here we further examine data quality … longer time period, we also consider new dimensions of data quality such as survey and item nonresponse, imputation, and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777994

Consumption, Income, and Material Well-Being After Welfare Reform

Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

indicate modest improvement in housing quality, but the evidence is less strong at the very bottom. Although expenditures on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005050115