The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements

Although household well-being is anchored in long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely on shorter-duration survey measurements. This paper develops a new strategy to identify the distribution of these long-term rate...

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Main Authors:	Battistin, Erich, De Nadai, Michele, Krishnan, Nandini
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLD WELL-BEING DATA COLLECTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/859711590085498228/The-Insights-and-Illusions-of-Consumption-Measurements http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33818

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spelling	okr-10986-338182022-09-05T00:17:36Z The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements Battistin, Erich De Nadai, Michele Krishnan, Nandini HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLD WELL-BEING DATA COLLECTION Although household well-being is anchored in long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely on shorter-duration survey measurements. This paper develops a new strategy to identify the distribution of these long-term rates by leveraging a large-scale randomization that elicited repeated short-duration measurements from diaries and recall questions. Identification stems from diary-recall differences in reports from the same household, does not require these reports to be error-free, and hinges on a research design with broad replicability. This strategy delivers cost-effective suggestions for designing survey modules to yield the most accurate measurements of consumption well-being, and offers new insights for interpreting and reconciling diary-recall differences in household expenditure surveys. 2020-05-28T15:35:56Z 2020-05-28T15:35:56Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/859711590085498228/The-Insights-and-Illusions-of-Consumption-Measurements http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33818 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9255 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLD WELL-BEING DATA COLLECTION
spellingShingle	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLD WELL-BEING DATA COLLECTION Battistin, Erich De Nadai, Michele Krishnan, Nandini The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements
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description	Although household well-being is anchored in long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely on shorter-duration survey measurements. This paper develops a new strategy to identify the distribution of these long-term rates by leveraging a large-scale randomization that elicited repeated short-duration measurements from diaries and recall questions. Identification stems from diary-recall differences in reports from the same household, does not require these reports to be error-free, and hinges on a research design with broad replicability. This strategy delivers cost-effective suggestions for designing survey modules to yield the most accurate measurements of consumption well-being, and offers new insights for interpreting and reconciling diary-recall differences in household expenditure surveys.
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author	Battistin, Erich De Nadai, Michele Krishnan, Nandini
author_facet	Battistin, Erich De Nadai, Michele Krishnan, Nandini
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title	The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements
title_short	The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements
title_full	The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements
title_fullStr	The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements
title_full_unstemmed	The Insights and Illusions of Consumption Measurements
title_sort	insights and illusions of consumption measurements
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/859711590085498228/The-Insights-and-Illusions-of-Consumption-Measurements http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33818
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