When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries

Biases from truncation caused by coresidency restriction have been a challenge for research on intergenerational mobility. Estimates of intergenerational schooling persistence from two data sets show that the intergenerational regression coefficien...

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Main Authors:	Emran, M. Shahe, Greene, William, Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	CORRELATIONS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH VARIABILITY STUDY EXPLORATION BARRIERS VALUES RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS AGE SCHOOLING GENDER ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS DATA COLLECTION RESEARCHERS EFFORT JOB RURAL CHILDREN SAMPLES SIZE EXPERIMENTATION SURVEYS MEASURES KNOWLEDGE BIASES UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN THEORY ESTIMATING EDUCATION GENDER GAP EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RURAL AREAS SAMPLING INTUITION ATTENTION SURVEY DATA GIRLS STUDENTS OBSERVATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING ESTIMATES ACCESS INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH INCLUSION STANDARDS SCHOOL AGE RANGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26089269/measure-matters-coresidency-truncation-bias-intergenerational-mobility-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24150

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spelling	okr-10986-241502021-04-23T14:04:19Z When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries Emran, M. Shahe Greene, William Shilpi, Forhad CORRELATIONS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH VARIABILITY STUDY EXPLORATION BARRIERS VALUES RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS AGE SCHOOLING GENDER ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS DATA COLLECTION RESEARCHERS EFFORT JOB RURAL CHILDREN SAMPLES SIZE EXPERIMENTATION SURVEYS MEASURES KNOWLEDGE BIASES UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN THEORY ESTIMATING EDUCATION GENDER GAP EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RURAL AREAS SAMPLING INTUITION ATTENTION SURVEY DATA GIRLS STUDENTS OBSERVATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING ESTIMATES ACCESS INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH INCLUSION STANDARDS SCHOOL AGE RANGES Biases from truncation caused by coresidency restriction have been a challenge for research on intergenerational mobility. Estimates of intergenerational schooling persistence from two data sets show that the intergenerational regression coefficient, the most widely used measure, is severely biased downward in coresident samples. But the bias in intergenerational correlation is much smaller, and is less sensitive to the coresidency rate. The paper provides explanations for these results. Comparison of intergenerational mobility based on the intergenerational regression coefficient across countries, gender, and over time can be misleading. Much progress on intergenerational mobility in developing countries can be made with the available data by focusing on intergenerational correlation. 2016-04-26T16:30:05Z 2016-04-26T16:30:05Z 2016-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26089269/measure-matters-coresidency-truncation-bias-intergenerational-mobility-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24150 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7608 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Bangladesh
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topic	CORRELATIONS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH VARIABILITY STUDY EXPLORATION BARRIERS VALUES RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS AGE SCHOOLING GENDER ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS DATA COLLECTION RESEARCHERS EFFORT JOB RURAL CHILDREN SAMPLES SIZE EXPERIMENTATION SURVEYS MEASURES KNOWLEDGE BIASES UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN THEORY ESTIMATING EDUCATION GENDER GAP EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RURAL AREAS SAMPLING INTUITION ATTENTION SURVEY DATA GIRLS STUDENTS OBSERVATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING ESTIMATES ACCESS INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH INCLUSION STANDARDS SCHOOL AGE RANGES
spellingShingle	CORRELATIONS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH VARIABILITY STUDY EXPLORATION BARRIERS VALUES RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS AGE SCHOOLING GENDER ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS DATA COLLECTION RESEARCHERS EFFORT JOB RURAL CHILDREN SAMPLES SIZE EXPERIMENTATION SURVEYS MEASURES KNOWLEDGE BIASES UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN THEORY ESTIMATING EDUCATION GENDER GAP EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RURAL AREAS SAMPLING INTUITION ATTENTION SURVEY DATA GIRLS STUDENTS OBSERVATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING ESTIMATES ACCESS INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH INCLUSION STANDARDS SCHOOL AGE RANGES Emran, M. Shahe Greene, William Shilpi, Forhad When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries
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description	Biases from truncation caused by coresidency restriction have been a challenge for research on intergenerational mobility. Estimates of intergenerational schooling persistence from two data sets show that the intergenerational regression coefficient, the most widely used measure, is severely biased downward in coresident samples. But the bias in intergenerational correlation is much smaller, and is less sensitive to the coresidency rate. The paper provides explanations for these results. Comparison of intergenerational mobility based on the intergenerational regression coefficient across countries, gender, and over time can be misleading. Much progress on intergenerational mobility in developing countries can be made with the available data by focusing on intergenerational correlation.
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author	Emran, M. Shahe Greene, William Shilpi, Forhad
author_facet	Emran, M. Shahe Greene, William Shilpi, Forhad
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title	When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries
title_short	When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries
title_full	When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries
title_sort	when measure matters : coresidency, truncation bias, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26089269/measure-matters-coresidency-truncation-bias-intergenerational-mobility-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24150
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When Measure Matters : Coresidency, Truncation Bias, and Intergenerational Mobility in Developing Countries

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