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Mismeasured household size and its implications for the identification of economies of scale

Halliday, Timothy (contributor) - 2008

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 …

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Estimating poverty for refugee populations : can cross-survey imputation methods substitute for data scarcity?

Dang, Hai-Anh; Verme, Paolo - 2019

The increasing growth of forced displacement worldwide has led to the stronger interest of various stakeholders in measuring poverty among refugee populations. However, refugee data remain scarce, particularly in relation to the measurement of income, consumption, or expenditure. This paper...

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Setting priorities in school choice enrollment systems : who benefits from placement algorithm preferences?

Valant, Jon; Walker, Brigham - 2024

schools. This study explores whether the New Orleans placement algorithm favored students of certain races or socioeconomic …

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Measuring bias in job recommender systems : auditing the algorithms

Zhang, Shuo; Kuhn, Peter Joseph - 2024

We audit the job recommender algorithms used by four Chinese job boards by creating fictitious applicant profiles that differ only in their gender. Jobs recommended uniquely to the male and female profiles in a pair differ modestly in their observed characteristics, with female jobs advertising...

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An analysis of slaveholders according to the 1850 census

Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2025

clergy, doctors, and lawyers who used enslaved people in their household, in their professional practice, or in the farms …

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Women at work in the United States since 1860: an analysis of unreported family workers

Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2021

other relatives in their household. Unreported family workers are classified into four categories: farm, merchant, craft …

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Reconciling occupational mobility in the Current Population Survey

Vom Lehn, Christian; Ellsworth, Cache; Kroff, Zachary - 2020

Measuring occupational mobility from the Current Population Survey using recall (retrospective) or linked panel responses (longitudinal) generates substantially different outcomes, both in levels and trends. Using a generalized method of moments technique, we estimate the actual level of...

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Multi-dimensional identities of the Hispanic population in the United States

Antman, Francisca M. - 2021

This essay discusses the multi-dimensional identities of the Hispanic population in the United States as represented in current surveys. It reviews some of the critical barriers in data collection methods that limit research studies on this population. Solutions are suggested that would improve...

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Partisanship and survey refusal

Borgschulte, Mark; Cho, Heepyung; Lubotsky, Darren - 2022

Response rates to important surveys used in social science research have been falling precipitously over the last few decades, raising questions about the representativeness of the resulting data and the quality of evidence that comes from it. We examine how partisan preferences influence...

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Manufacturing employment and women's agency : evidence from Lesotho 2004-2014

Grogan, Louise Anne - 2022

allocation of household resources and own health. …

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