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Fewer Questions, More Answers: Truncated Early Stopping for Proxy Means Testing

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dc.contributor.authorJulian, Tim
dc.contributor.authorPinxten, Juul
dc.contributor.authorFricke, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCaccioli, Fabio
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-10T19:44:40Z
dc.date.available2023-01-10T19:44:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractThe assignment of social programmes to their target population, known as targeting, is key to effective policy implementation. Proxy means testing is a widely used targeting approach where means testing is infeasible due to economic informality. This paper proposes a novel, practically feasible assessment approach that aims to reduce average proxy means test data collection costs, or allow more extensive data collection within a given resource envelope. Combining variable selection and prediction intervals, it develops a household-level truncated early stopping algorithm, which can reduce average interview length while maintaining predictive accuracy close to a standard proxy means test baseline. Applying the approach to Indonesian data, simulation of a 40 percent population coverage programme shows that targeting questionnaires could be shortened by 61 percent while maintaining PMT-level accuracy. A case study of a large health insurance programme in an urban area suggests that the share of intended beneficiaries who are among the targeted population can potentially be increased from 65.6 percent to 78.3 percent if enumerators conducted more of the shorter surveys that the truncated early stopping algorithm generates.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099339212072228483/IDU09c0125730d42b04fde0b90404c798f75aba9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/38437
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10255
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPROXY MEANS TESTING
dc.subjectADAPTIVE SURVEY DESIGN
dc.subjectPOLICY SIMULATION
dc.subjectDETERMININT SOCI-ECONOMIC ELIGIBILITY
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER ELIDGIBILITY
dc.subjectINTERVIEW LENGTH REDUCTION
dc.titleFewer Questions, More Answersen
dc.title.subtitleTruncated Early Stopping for Proxy Means Testingen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2022-12-07
okr.date.lastmodified2022-12-08T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Paper
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099339212072228483/IDU09c0125730d42b04fde0b90404c798f75aba9
okr.guid099339212072228483
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10255
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-9c012573-d42b-4fde-b904-4c798f75aba9
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33951727
okr.identifier.reportWPS10255
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099339212072228483/pdf/IDU09c0125730d42b04fde0b90404c798f75aba9.pdfen
okr.region.countryIndonesia
okr.topicGovernance::Local Government
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
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