Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income

While it is improbable that households with different incomes are equally likely to participate in sample surveys, the lack of data for nonrespondents has hindered efforts to correct for the bias in measures of poverty and inequality. The authors d...

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Main Authors: Mistiaen, Johan A., Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2125231/survey-compliance-distribution-income
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spelling okr-10986-191762021-04-23T14:03:42Z Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income Mistiaen, Johan A. Ravallion, Martin ABSOLUTE VALUE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES CITIZENS CONSUMPTION FUNCTION CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DATA REQUIREMENTS DATA SET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP EMPIRICAL WORK EXPECTED VALUE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA INCOME EFFECT INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOMES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP LIVING STANDARDS LORENZ CURVE LOW INCOME LOW INCOMES MARGINAL UTILITY MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN ERROR TERM MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEASURED INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL SURVEYS OPPORTUNITY COST PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES REGIONAL DIFFERENCES SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS UNDERESTIMATES WAGE INCOME WAGES While it is improbable that households with different incomes are equally likely to participate in sample surveys, the lack of data for nonrespondents has hindered efforts to correct for the bias in measures of poverty and inequality. The authors demonstrate how the latent income effect on survey compliance can be estimated using readily available data on response rates across geographic areas. An application using the Current Population Survey for the United States indicates that compliance falls as income rises. Correcting for selective compliance appreciably increases mean income and inequality, but has only a small impact on poverty incidence up to commonly used poverty lines in the United States. 2014-08-01T15:46:11Z 2014-08-01T15:46:11Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2125231/survey-compliance-distribution-income http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19176 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2956 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
CITIZENS
CONSUMPTION FUNCTION
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
DOWNWARD BIAS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
EMPIRICAL WORK
EXPECTED VALUE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP
LIVING STANDARDS
LORENZ CURVE
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOMES
MARGINAL UTILITY
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN ERROR TERM
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASURING POVERTY
NATIONAL SURVEYS
OPPORTUNITY COST
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
SAMPLE SIZE
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
UNDERESTIMATES
WAGE INCOME
WAGES
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
CITIZENS
CONSUMPTION FUNCTION
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
DOWNWARD BIAS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
EMPIRICAL WORK
EXPECTED VALUE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP
LIVING STANDARDS
LORENZ CURVE
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOMES
MARGINAL UTILITY
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN ERROR TERM
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASURING POVERTY
NATIONAL SURVEYS
OPPORTUNITY COST
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
SAMPLE SIZE
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
UNDERESTIMATES
WAGE INCOME
WAGES
Mistiaen, Johan A.
Ravallion, Martin
Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2956
description While it is improbable that households with different incomes are equally likely to participate in sample surveys, the lack of data for nonrespondents has hindered efforts to correct for the bias in measures of poverty and inequality. The authors demonstrate how the latent income effect on survey compliance can be estimated using readily available data on response rates across geographic areas. An application using the Current Population Survey for the United States indicates that compliance falls as income rises. Correcting for selective compliance appreciably increases mean income and inequality, but has only a small impact on poverty incidence up to commonly used poverty lines in the United States.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Mistiaen, Johan A.
Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Mistiaen, Johan A.
Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Mistiaen, Johan A.
title Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income
title_short Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income
title_full Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income
title_fullStr Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income
title_full_unstemmed Survey Compliance and the Distribution of Income
title_sort survey compliance and the distribution of income
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2125231/survey-compliance-distribution-income
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19176
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