This study carries out a thorough investigation of the potential sources of mismatch in poverty and inequality levels and trends between the Tanzania National Panel Survey and Household Budget Survey. The main findings of the study include the following. First, the difference in poverty levels...

Accounting for sample selection is a challenge not only for empirical researchers, but also for the agents populating our models. Yet most models abstract from these issues and assume that agents successfully tackle selection problems. We design an experiment where a person who understands...

Las encuestas de hogares son un instrumento ampliamente utilizado para obtener información sobre la situación socioeconómica y el bienestar de las personas. Sin embargo, la precisión de las estimaciones de las encuestas de hogares decrece sustancialmente cuando se trata de realizar...