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Measure for Measure: Comparing Survey Based Estimates of Income and Consumption for Rural Households

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dc.contributor.authorCarletto, Gero
dc.contributor.authorTiberti, Marco
dc.contributor.authorZezza, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-27T15:29:48Z
dc.date.available2023-07-27T15:29:48Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-14
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a large database of surveys of household incomes to characterize income underreporting in household surveys in low- and middle-income countries. The objective is to document (a) the extent of this underreporting, and (b) whether and how it varies systematically with respondent, household, income, and survey design features. Drawing on rural household data from 20 developing and transition countries, and using consumption expenditure as a benchmark, results indicate that the observed income/consumption ratios are very small, being on average around 0.76. Results suggest that income underreporting is systematically associated with household and survey characteristics. In particular, the degree of underreporting is strongly associated with the income source, with agricultural income being the component suffering more than any other components from underreporting. The analysis also provides evidence supporting the well-established proposition that underreporting tends to increase with household welfare: richer households appear to underreport income more. Implications for survey design and for future research are drawn.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40094
dc.identifier.issn0257-3032 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-6971 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40094
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectINCOME SPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.titleMeasure for Measureen
dc.title.subtitleComparing Survey Based Estimates of Income and Consumption for Rural Householdsen
dc.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wbro/article/37/1/1/6298662 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleMeasure for Measure: Comparing Survey Based Estimates of Income and Consumption for Rural Households
okr.date.disclosure2023-07-27
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wbro/lkab009
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40094
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber1–38
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Development Strategy & Policy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Income
okr.unitDECDG
okr.volume37 (1)
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