The Missing Transfers: Estimating Misreporting in Dyadic Data
Margherita Comola
(1, 2, 3)
,
Marcel Fafchamps
(4)
Margherita Comola
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Résumé
Many studies have used self-reported dyadic data without exploiting the pattern of discordant answers. In this article we propose a maximum likelihood estimator that deals with misreporting in a systematic way. We illustrate the methodology using dyadic data on interhousehold transfers from the village of Nyakatoke in Tanzania. We show that not taking reporting bias into account leads to serious underestimation of the total amount of transfers between villagers. We also provide suggestive evidence that reporting bias can affect inference about estimated coefficients. The method introduced here is applicable whenever the researcher has two discordant measurements of the same dependent variable.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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The Missing Transfers: Estimating Misreporting in Dyadic Data
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Résumé |
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Many studies have used self-reported dyadic data without exploiting the pattern of discordant answers. In this article we propose a maximum likelihood estimator that deals with misreporting in a systematic way. We illustrate the methodology using dyadic data on interhousehold transfers from the village of Nyakatoke in Tanzania. We show that not taking reporting bias into account leads to serious underestimation of the total amount of transfers between villagers. We also provide suggestive evidence that reporting bias can affect inference about estimated coefficients. The method introduced here is applicable whenever the researcher has two discordant measurements of the same dependent variable.
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Auteur(s) |
Margherita Comola
1, 2, 3
, Marcel Fafchamps
4
1
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1171428 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
RITM -
Réseaux Innovation Territoires et Mondialisation
( 1051119 )
- Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté Droit Economie Gestion Jean Monnet 54 boulevard Desgranges 92331 SCEAUX Cedex
- France
4
University of Oxford
( 302612 )
- Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD
- Royaume-Uni
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2017-04
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Volume |
65
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Numéro |
3
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Page/Identifiant |
549-582
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DOI | 10.1086/690810 |
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