The under-reporting of transfers in household surveys
Subtitle: its nature and consequences
By: Bruce D. Meyer, Wallace K. C. Mok, James X. Sullivan.
Contributors: Mok, Wallace K. C.; Sullivan, James X.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15181; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15181.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "High rates of understatement are found for many government transfer programs and in many datasets.  This understatement has major implications for our understanding of economic well-being and the effects of transfer programs.  We provide estimates of the extent of under-reporting for ten transfer programs in five major nationally representative surveys by comparing reported weighted totals for these programs with totals obtained from government agencies.  We also examine imputation procedures and rates.  We find increasing under-reporting and imputation over time and sharp differences across programs and surveys.  We explore reasons for under-reporting and how under-reporting biases existing studies and suggest corrections"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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