What leads to measurement errors? Evidence from reports of program participation in three surveys

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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/24:00585322
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.105581" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.105581</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.105581" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.105581</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
What leads to measurement errors? Evidence from reports of program participation in three surveys
Original language description
Measurement errors are often a large source of bias in survey data. Lack of knowledge of the determinants of such errors makes it difficult to reduce the extent of errors when collecting data and to assess the validity of analyses using the data. We study the determinants of reporting error using high quality administrative data on government transfers linked to three major U.S. surveys. Our results support several theories of misreporting: Errors are related to event recall, forward and backward telescoping, salience of receipt, the stigma of reporting participation in welfare programs and respondent's degree of cooperation with the survey overall. We provide evidence on how survey design choices affect reporting errors. Our findings help survey users to gauge the reliability of their data and to devise estimation strategies that can correct for systematic errors, such as instrumental variable approaches. Understanding survey errors allows researchers collecting survey data to reduce them by improving survey design. Our results indicate that survey design should take into account that higher response rates as well as collecting more detailed information may have negative effects on survey accuracy.
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50201 - Economic Theory

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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