Past research has found that subjective
questions about an individuals' economic status do not
correspond closely to measures of economic welfare based on
household income or consumption. Survey respondents
undoubtedly hold diverse ideas about what it means to be
"poor" or "rich." Further, this
heterogeneity may be correlated with other characteristics,
including welfare, leading to frame-of-reference bias. To
test for this bias, vignettes were added to a nationally
representative survey of Tajikistan, in which survey
respondents rank the economic status of the theoretical
vignette households, as well as their own. The vignette
rankings are used to reveal the respondent's own scale.
The findings indicate that respondents hold diverse scales
in assessing their welfare, but that there is little bias in
either the economic gradient of subjective welfare or most
other coefficients on covariates of interest. These results
provide a firmer foundation for standard survey methods and
regression specifications for subjective welfare data.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Beegle, Kathleen,
Himelein, Kristen,
Ravallion, Martin |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
2009-04-01
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| Subjects: | AGRICULTURE,
DESCRIPTION,
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES,
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH,
DIET,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE,
ECONOMIC RESEARCH,
ECONOMIC REVIEW,
ECONOMICS,
EMPLOYMENT STATUS,
EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS,
EXTREME POVERTY,
FARMLAND,
FEMALE,
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS,
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS,
FISH,
FOOD POVERTY,
FOOD POVERTY LINE,
FOOD SECURITY,
FOOD SPENDING,
GENDER,
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS,
HOUSEHOLD CONTROLS,
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD SIZE,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
INCOME EFFECT,
INCOME INEQUALITY,
INCOME LEVELS,
INCOMES,
INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE,
LIVESTOCK,
LIVING CONDITIONS,
LIVING STANDARDS,
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT,
LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY,
MEASURING POVERTY,
NON-FOOD COMPONENT,
OCCUPATION,
PER CAPITA INCOME,
PERMANENT INCOME,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POOR,
POOR AREAS,
POOR HOUSEHOLDS,
POOR PEOPLE,
POOR PERSON,
POVERTY LINE,
PUBLIC GOOD,
PURCHASING POWER,
REAL INCOME,
RURAL,
SOCIAL SCIENCES,
SUBJECTIVE POVERTY,
UNEMPLOYMENT,
URBAN AREAS,
UTILITY FUNCTION,
WEALTH,
WELFARE COMPARISONS,
WELFARE FUNCTION, |
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090929133925
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4258
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