How reliable are household expenditures as a proxy for permanent income? Implications for the income-nutrition relationship
Citation
Export citationGibson, 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.
Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6707
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.
Date
2011-03Type
Report No.
03/11
Publisher
University of Waikato
Rights
©2011 The Authors
Collections
- Management Papers [1161]