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How reliable are household expenditures as a proxy for permanent income? Implications for the income-nutrition relationship
Abstract
Measurement error in short-run expenditures from household surveys may attenuate estimated effects of permanent income on economic outcomes. Repeated observations on households during the year are used to calculate reliability ratios and estimate errors in variables regressions of the impact of income on calorie intakes. In contrast to influential studies finding no effect of income, the results suggest significant nutritional responses to income in poor countries.
Type
Working Paper
Type of thesis
Series
Department of Economics Working Paper Series
Citation
Gibson, J. & Kim, B. (2011). How reliable are household expenditures as a proxy for permanent income? Implications for the income-nutrition relationship. (Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Number 03/11). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato.
Date
2011-03
Publisher
University of Waikato
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Supervisors
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©2011 The Authors