Measurement Error and Farm Size: Do Nationally Representative Surveys Provide Reliable Estimates?
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Keywords
Farm size measurement; missing data; measurement error; LSMS-ISA; Ethiopia; Malawi;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2024-01-01 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2024-01-01 (Development)
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