This dissertation consists of three essays that have a common focus on the econometrics of survey expectations data … survey expectations data in forecasting. … understanding of economic dynamics. Second, survey data provide information that is otherwise unavailable, e.g. the economic …

population estimates and sampling weights. We introduce a new Stata program for RDS and illustrate its use. -- survey methodology …Respondent driven sampling (RDS) is a network sampling technique typically employed for hard-to-reach populations (e ….g. drug users, men who have sex with men, people with HIV). Similar to snowball sampling, initial seed respondents recruit …

population estimates and sampling weights. We introduce a new Stata program for RDS and illustrate its use. -- Survey methodology …Respondent driven sampling (RDS) is a network sampling technique typically employed for hard-to-reach populations (e ….g. drug users, men who have sex with men, people with HIV). Similar to snowball sampling, initial seed respondents recruit …

probability sample, or it may be caused by self-selection in an internet survey. A contraction theorem from mathematical …We propose a novel view of selection bias in longitudinal surveys. Such bias may arise from initial nonresponse in a …