Title: Living standards analytics : development through the lens of household survey data /
Authors: Haughton, Dominique Marie-Annick.; Haughton, Jonathan Henry.
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Year: 2011
Subjects: Cost and standard of living Statistical methods.; Household surveys Statistical methods.; Economic development Statistical methods.; Statistics; Developing countries Economic conditions Statistical methods.
Abstract: "The purpose of this book is to introduce, discuss, illustrate, and evaluate the colorful palette of analytical techniques that can be applied to the analysis of household survey data, with an emphasis on the innovations of the past decade or so." [Back cover]
Contents: Graphical methods -- Regression -- Sampling -- Beyond linear regression -- Causality -- Grouping methods -- Bayesian analysis -- Spatial models -- Panel data -- Measuring poverty and vulnerability -- Bootstrapping -- Impact evaluation -- Multilevel models and small-area estimation -- Duration models.