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Assessing cohort aggregation to minimise bias in pseudo-panels
Khan, Rumman - 2018
Pseudo-panels allow estimation of panel models when only repeated cross-sections are available. This involves grouping individuals into cohorts and using the cohort means as if they are observations in a genuine panel. Their practical use is constrained by a lack of consensus on how the...
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Data scarcity and poverty measurement
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2021
imputation in data-scarce environments, update recent review papers, and point to the latest research on the topics. We briefly … review two common uses of poverty imputation methods that aim at tracking poverty over time and estimating poverty dynamics …. We also discuss new areas for imputation. …
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Regression-based imputation for poverty measurement in data scarce settings
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2022
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Data gaps, data incomparability, and data imputation : a review of poverty measurement methods for data-scarce environments
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Jolliffe, Dean; Carletto, Calogero - 2018
household consumption data are unavailable or missing. These contexts range from completely missing and partially missing … consumption data in cross sectional household surveys, to missing panel household data. We focus on methods that aim to compare …
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To impute or not to impute? : a review of alternative poverty estimation methods in the context of unavailable consumption data
Dang, Hai-Anh H. - 2018
unavailable household consumption data. We offer a review of alternative imputation methods that have been employed to provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131578
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Data scarcity and poverty measurement
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2021
imputation indata-scarce environments, update recent review papers, and point to the latest research on the topics. We briefly … review two common uses of poverty imputation methods that aim at tracking poverty over time and estimating poverty dynamics …. We also discuss new areas for imputation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597705
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Is it a good idea to optimise question format for mode of data collection? : results from a mixed modes experiment
Nicolaas, Gerry; Campanelli, Pamela; Hope, Steven; … - 2011
It is common practice to adapt the format of a question to the mode of data collection. Multi-coded questions in self-completion and face-to-face modes tend to be transformed for telephone into a series of 'yes/no' questions. Questions with response scales are often branched in telephone...
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An empirical total survey error decomposition using data combination
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolaus - 2019
Survey error is known to be pervasive and to bias even simple, but important estimates of means, rates, and totals, such as poverty statistics and the unemployment rate. To summarize and analyze the extent, sources, and consequences of survey error, we define empirical counterparts of key...
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Fearless woman : financial literacy and stock market participation
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Alessie, Rob; Lusardi, Annamaria; … - 2021 - This version: 2.3.2021
Women are less financially literate than men. It is unclear whether this gap reflects a lack of knowledge or, rather, a lack of confidence. Our survey experiment shows that women tend to disproportionately respond “do not know” to questions measuring financial knowledge, but when this...
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The housing wealth effect on consumption reconsidered
Lindner, Fabian - 2014
Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … changes in consumption. However, this might constitute a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing … the classic Ando-Modigliani consumption function augmented by housing wealth can be deduced. It is shown that the deeper …
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