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Improving the Quality of Economic Data: Lessons from the HRS and AHEAD

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  • F. Thomas Juster

    (University of Michigan)

  • James P. Smith

    (RAND)

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Missing data are an increasingly important problem in economic surveys, especially when trying to measure household wealth. However, some relatively simple new survey methods such as follow-up brackets appear to appreciably improve the quality of household economic data. Brackets represent partial responses to asset questions and apparently significantly reduce item nonresponse. Brackets also provide a remedy to deal with nonignorable nonresponse bias, a critical problem with economic survey data.

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  • F. Thomas Juster & James P. Smith, 2004. "Improving the Quality of Economic Data: Lessons from the HRS and AHEAD," Labor and Demography 0402010, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpla:0402010
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