Improving the Quality of Economic Data: Lessons from the HRS and AHEAD

TitleImproving the Quality of Economic Data: Lessons from the HRS and AHEAD
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1997
AuthorsF. Juster, T, Smith, JP
JournalJournal of the American Statistical Association
Volume92
Issue440
Pagination1268-78
Call Numberpubs_1997_Juster_FTJAmerStatAssoc.pdf
KeywordsMethodology
Abstract

Missing data are an increasingly important problem in economic surveys, especially when trying to measure household wealth. However, some relatively simple new survey methods such as follow-up brackets appear to appreciably improve the quality of household economic data. Brackets represent partial responses to asset questions and apparently significantly reduce item nonresponse. Brackets also provide a remedy to deal with nonignorable nonresponse bias, a critical problem with economic survey data.

Notes

ProCite field 3 : Survey Research Center, U MI; RAND

URLhttps://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpla/0402010.html
Endnote Keywords

Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology/Microeconomic Data Management/Survey Methods

Endnote ID

1010

Citation Key6564