| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w29184 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 29184 |
| Errors in Reporting and Imputation of Government Benefits and Their Implications | |
| Pablo A. Celhay; Bruce D. Meyer; Nikolas Mittag | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-08-30 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We document the extent, nature, and consequences of survey errors in cash welfare and SNAP receipt in three major U.S. household surveys. We find high rates of misreporting, particularly failure to report receipt. The surveys inaccurately capture patterns of multiple program participation, even though there is little evidence of program confusion. Error rates are higher among imputed observations, which account for a large share of false positive errors. Many household characteristics have significant effects on both false positives and false negative errors. Error rates sharply differ by race, ethnicity, income and other household characteristics. The errors greatly affect models of program receipt and estimated effects of income and race are noticeably biased. We examine error due to item non-response and imputation, as well as whether imputation improves estimates. Item non-respondents have higher receipt rates than the population conditional on covariates. The assumptions for consistent estimates in multivariate models fail both when excluding item non-respondents and when using the imputed values. In binary choice models of program receipt, linked data estimates favor excluding item non-respondents rather than using imputed values. Biases are well predicted by the error patterns we document, helping researchers make informed decisions on whether to use imputed values. |
| 主题 | Econometrics ; Data Collection ; Microeconomics ; Market Structure and Distribution ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Poverty and Wellbeing |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w29184 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/586857 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pablo A. Celhay,Bruce D. Meyer,Nikolas Mittag. Errors in Reporting and Imputation of Government Benefits and Their Implications. 2021. |
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