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Social Security Income Measurement in Two Surveys

Iams, Howard - 2015

As a major source of income for retired persons in the United States, Social Security benefits directly influence economic well-being. That fact underscores the importance of measuring Social Security income accurately in household surveys. Using Social Security Administration (SSA) records, we...

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Social protection in old age through taxes? : an empirical analysis of the equity impact of taxes on pensions in the EU

Assal, Ella-Marie; Panagamuwa Gamage, Sakura; Verbist, … - 2023

Living standards in old age are affected both by the pension system and the tax system. Yet, little research analyses the interaction between both systems. In this paper, we connect the principles of the pension system (solidarity vs. insurance) to the principles of the tax system (vertical...

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Can I just check...? : effects of edit check questions on measurement error and survey estimates

Lugtig, Peter; Jäckle, Annette - 2011

for each member of a household. We assess the effects of two types of edit check questions on measurement error and survey …

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Improving the Measurement of Retirement Income of the Aged Population

Dushi, Irena; Trenkamp, Brad - 2021

Research has shown that survey-reported pension and retirement income measures may suffer from reporting errors, which lead to biased estimates of income and poverty of the aged population. In this paper, the authors evaluate income estimates from the Census Bureau’s 2016 Current Population...

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Systematic measurement error in self-reported health : is anchoring vignettes the way out?

Dasgupta, Aparajita - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 12, pp. 1-30

This paper studies systematic reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health in India using World Health Survey (WHS)-SAGE survey that has subjective assessments on own health and hypothetical vignettes as well as objective measures like measured anthropometrics and performance tests on a range...

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Combining administrative and survey data to improve income measurement

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2019

We describe methods of combining administrative and survey data to improve the measurement of income. We begin by … error from weighting), item non-response or imputation error, and measurement error. We then discuss these three sources of … the potential of linked data by showing how using linked administrative variables improves the measurement of income and …

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis : Chapter 7 – Data and Analysis

Alkire, Sabina - 2015

This chapter introduces empirical issues that are distinctive to counting-based multidimensional poverty methodologies. It is crucial that indicators accurately reflect deprivations at the individual level and that all indicators be transformed to reflect deprivations in the chosen unit of...

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Elderly poverty and its measurement

Niimi, Yoko; Horioka, Charles - 2021

This paper examines various aspects of elderly poverty and its measurement. It first discusses some of the most …

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Sustaining poverty gains : a vulnerability map to guide social policy

Barriga Cabanillas, Oscar; Bossuroy, Thomas; Corral … - 2024

Poverty maps are a useful tool for the targeting of social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty. However, a static focus on poverty ignores the temporal dimension of poverty. Thus, current nonpoor households still face substantial welfare volatility and are at risk of becoming...

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Social security income measurement in two surveys

Iams, Howard M.; Purcell, Patrick J. - In: Social security bulletin 73 (2013) 3, pp. 1-10

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