Errors in survey reporting and imputation and their effects on estimates of food stamp program participation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985998%3A_____%2F22%3A00561151" target="_blank" >RIV/67985998:_____/22:00561151 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11640/22:00568755

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.1.0818-9704R2" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.1.0818-9704R2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.1.0818-9704R2" target="_blank" >10.3368/jhr.58.1.0818-9704R2</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Errors in survey reporting and imputation and their effects on estimates of food stamp program participation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Accurately measuring government benefit receipt in household surveys is necessary when studying disadvantaged populations and welfare programs. The Food Stamp Program is especially important given its size and recent growth. To validate survey reports, we link administrative data on participation in two states to three key household surveys. We find that between 23 and 50 percent of true food stamp recipient households do not report receipt. A substantial number of true nonrecipients are also recorded as recipients. We examine reasons for these errors, including imputation, an important source of error. Error rates vary with household characteristics, implying complicated biases in multivariate analyses, such as regressions. We directly examine biases in common survey-based estimates of program receipt by comparing them to estimates from our linked data. We find that the survey estimates understate participation among single parents, nonwhites, and low-income households and also lead to errors in multiple program receipt and time and age patterns of receipt.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Errors in survey reporting and imputation and their effects on estimates of food stamp program participation

Popis výsledku anglicky

Accurately measuring government benefit receipt in household surveys is necessary when studying disadvantaged populations and welfare programs. The Food Stamp Program is especially important given its size and recent growth. To validate survey reports, we link administrative data on participation in two states to three key household surveys. We find that between 23 and 50 percent of true food stamp recipient households do not report receipt. A substantial number of true nonrecipients are also recorded as recipients. We examine reasons for these errors, including imputation, an important source of error. Error rates vary with household characteristics, implying complicated biases in multivariate analyses, such as regressions. We directly examine biases in common survey-based estimates of program receipt by comparing them to estimates from our linked data. We find that the survey estimates understate participation among single parents, nonwhites, and low-income households and also lead to errors in multiple program receipt and time and age patterns of receipt.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50201 - Economic Theory

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ16-07603Y" target="_blank" >GJ16-07603Y: Příčiny a důsledky nesprávného vykazování ve výběrových šetřeních: Evidence z propojených administrativních dat</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Human Resources

ISSN

0022-166X

e-ISSN

1548-8004

Svazek periodika

57

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

40

Strana od-do

1605-1644

Kód UT WoS článku

000843468100006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85136112316