Mismeasured household size and its implications for the identification of economies of scale

We consider the possibility that demographic variables are measured with errors which arise because household surveys measure demographic structures at a point-in-time, whereas household composition evolves throughout the survey period. We construct and estimate sharp bounds on household size and find that the degree of these measurement errors is non-trivial. However, while these errors have the potential to resolve the Deaton-Paxson paradox, they fail to do so.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Halliday, Timothy J.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Privater Haushalt \| Bevölkerungsstatistik \| Messung \| Statistischer Fehler \| USA \| Migration \| measurement error \| semi-parametric bounds \| economies of scale

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 3896
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	589746332 [GVK] hdl:10419/35482 [Handle]
Classification:	J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods
Source:	EconStor

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