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Prospects of Estimating Poverty with Phone Surveys: Experimental Results from Serbia

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dc.contributor.authorBoznic, Vladan
dc.contributor.authorKatayama, Roy
dc.contributor.authorMunoz, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorTakamatsu, Shinya
dc.contributor.authorYoshida, Nobuo
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-26T15:19:10Z
dc.date.available2017-10-26T15:19:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.description.abstractTelephone surveys enable us to collect data in a cost-effective and timely manner, but may not be conducive for collecting detailed consumption or income data for measuring poverty due to the required length of the interview and complexity of the questions. Combining telephone surveys with a survey-to-survey imputation technique may be a solution, as this technique can produce reliable poverty estimates from only 10 to 20 simple questions. However, this approach may lead to biased results if the interview mode, that is, face-to-face versus telephone interviews, affects how households respond to questions. By conducting the first survey experiment to examine potential differences in poverty estimates between interview modes, this study finds that the reporting patterns changed very little between the two interview modes, and the bias in poverty estimates due to interview mode is statistically insignificant. These findings suggest that poverty monitoring via telephone surveys is promising, but additional experiments in other country contexts are encouraged.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/131771508869472557/Prospects-of-estimating-poverty-with-phone-surveys-experimental-results-from-Serbia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8225
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28585
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8225
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY DATA COLLECTION
dc.subjectTELEPHONE INTERVIEW
dc.subjectPHONE SURVEY
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED TRIAL
dc.titleProspects of Estimating Poverty with Phone Surveysen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Results from Serbiaen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleProspects of Estimating Poverty with Phone Surveys: Experimental Results from Serbia
okr.date.disclosure2017-10-24
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/131771508869472557/Prospects-of-estimating-poverty-with-phone-surveys-experimental-results-from-Serbia
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8225
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085139931_1_0
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okr.identifier.reportWPS8225
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/131771508869472557/pdf/WPS8225.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countrySerbia
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okr.statistics.dr131771508869472557
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice Group
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