Describes two applications of a method for reweighting a survey or administrative records database to borrow strength and improve the precision of state estimates. The first is estimating the numbers and characteristics of children without health insurance. The second is microsimulation of...

This working paper describes a three-question telephone screener used with the National Beneficiary Survey to standardize interviewers' assessments of whether sample members had the capacity to complete a survey or if a proxy was needed. Results show that interviewer training on how to use the...

The objective of this article is to demonstrate how data collection can be enhanced with survey instruments, including questionnaires. Pinpointing at the prevailing organizational cultural conditions as an antecedence to the introduction and management of the amendment is required in a useful...

Die quellenkritische Auswertung bzw. Nutzung der Mikrodaten der amtlichen Statistik und sozial-und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Erhebungen stellt nach wie vor eine methodische und konzeptionelle Herausforderung für die zeitgeschichtliche Forschung - und die Sozial-, Wirtschafts-und...

This paper uses survey data to assess consumers' inflation expectations in the euro area. The probability approach is used to derive quantitative estimates of inflation expectations from the European Commission's Consumer Survey. The paper subsequently analyses the empirical properties of the...