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various types of measurement bias. This paper uses Engel curve estimations to assess bias in the consumer price index and its …, poverty reduction may be understated because of consumer price index bias. With correction of consumer price index bias … adjusting for consumer price index bias for the other three countries …
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paper quantifies the significance and magnitude of the effect of measurement error in Earth observation data in the context … measurement methods. The findings are not robust to the choice of Earth observation dataset, and the outcomes are not simply …
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Proxy means test (PMT) poverty targeting tools have become common tools for beneficiary targeting and poverty assessment where full means tests are costly. Currently popular estimation procedures for generating these tools prioritize minimization of in-sample prediction errors; however, the...
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There is wide variation in how consumption is measured in household surveys both across countries and over time. This variation may confound welfare comparisons in part because these alternative survey designs produce consumption estimates that are differentially influenced by contrasting types...
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equality and the empowerment of women. Yet, existing frameworks for women's agency measurement -- both disorganized and partial …, the paper (i) reviews existing measurement approaches and what is known about their relative quality; (ii) presents new … empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa: validating vignettes as a measurement tool for goal-setting, examining gender and …
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to obtain evidence on the nature of measurement errors in estimates of household consumption. While there are no … questionnaires shows that errors have a negative correlation with the true value of consumption, creating a non-classical measurement …
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Measuring poverty requires adjusting nominal consumption (or income) into a real value of consumption, across geographic areas and over time. To this end, data on consumer prices are used to construct a price index. There are a range of approaches to do this, from using the consumer price index,...
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lower bound estimates can have substantial measurement error, and that measurement error can vary considerably across …
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This paper discusses the challenges associated with collecting time-use data in developing countries. The paper suggests potential solutions, concentrating on the two most common time-use methods used in development settings: stylized questions and time diaries. The paper identifies a...
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measurement error in self-reported plot area and farmers' responses to new information (the objective plot area measure) that was … provided to correct nonclassical measurement error. Farmers' pre-treatment self-reported plot areas exhibit considerable … nonclassical measurement error, most of which follows a regression-to-mean pattern with respect to plot area, and another 18 …
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