How Accurate Are Recall Data? Evidence from Coastal India

This paper investigates the accuracy of recall data by comparing administrative records with retrospective, self-reported survey responses to income and asset questions for a sample of self-employed households from coastal India. It finds that the...

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Main Authors:	de Nicola, Francesca, Gine, Xavier
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE ERRORS ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ATTENTION BENCHMARK BOOTSTRAP BOUNDED RATIONALITY BUSINESS OWNERS COGNITION COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COGNITIVE SCIENCE CONSUMER FINANCE CONSUMER FINANCES DEBTS DEPOSITS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY DOWRY DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC STATISTICS EDUCATED WOMEN EMPLOYER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS EQUATIONS EXPENDITURES FARMERS FINANCIAL ASSETS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME MEASURES INDIAN RUPEES INEQUALITY INFERENCE INTERNATIONAL BANK KURTOSIS LABOR MARKET LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION LINEAR REGRESSION LOAN MEMORY MERCHANTS MICRO ENTREPRENEURS MISREPORTING MISSING OBSERVATIONS MONETARY VALUE MONEYLENDERS MORBIDITY OUTLIERS PER CAPITA INCOME PERSONALITY POOLING PRECISION PREDICTION PROBABILITY PSYCHOLOGY RECALL RELIABILITY SAVINGS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SKEWNESS SOCIAL SECURITY SOURCE OF INCOME SOURCE OF INFORMATION SOURCES OF INCOME STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VALIDITY VARIABILITY VILLAGE VILLAGES VOLATILITY WAGES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15965088/accurate-recall-data-evidence-coastal-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19872

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19872

How Accurate Are Recall Data? Evidence from Coastal India

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