An econometric method of correcting for unit nonresponse bias in surveys / Anton Korinek, Johan A. Mistiaen, Martin Ravallion.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Korinek, Anton.

Contributor:

World Bank.

Mistiaen, Johan A.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 3711.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 3711

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demographic surveys--United States--Econometric models.

Demographic surveys.

Social surveys--Response rate--United States--Econometric models.

Social surveys.

Other Title:

Policy research working paper vol. 3711

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2005]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"Past approaches to correcting for unit nonresponse in sample surveys by re-weighting the data assume that the problem is ignorable within arbitrary subgroups of the population. Theory and evidence suggest that this assumption is unlikely to hold, and that household characteristics such as income systematically affect survey compliance. The authors show that this leaves a bias in the re-weighted data and they propose a method of correcting for this bias. The geographic structure of nonresponse rates allows them to identify a micro compliance function, which they then use to re-weight the unit-record data. An example is given for the U.S. Current Population Surveys, 1998-2004. The authors find, and correct for, a strong household income effect on response probabilities. "--World Bank web site.

Notes:

Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/7/2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-3711