Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   McKenzie, David ^b   Quinn, Simon ^a   Woodruff, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic data collection; Measurement; Microenterprises; Panel; Profits; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HARDWARE; INCOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROENTERPRISE; PANEL DATA; PRECISION; PROFITABILITY; SURVEY METHOD;

EID: 84857800831     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Banerjee Abhijit, Duflo Esther, Glennerster Rachel, Kinnan Cynthia The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation 2009, MIT, Mimeo.
2. Caeyers Bet, Chalmers Neil, de Weert Joachim A Comparison of CAPI and PAPI through a Randomized Field Experiment 2009, University of Oxford, Mimeo.
3. Collins Daryl, Morduch Jonathan, Rutherford Stuart, Ruthven Orlanda Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a day 2009, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
4. Dupas Pascaline, Robinson Jonathan Savings constraints and microenterprise development: evidence from a field experiment in Kenya 2009, Mimeo, UCLA.
5. Gibson John, McKenzie David Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in household surveys for better economics and better policy. World Bank Research Observer 2007, 22(2):217-241.
6. McKenzie David, Woodruff Christopher Experimental evidence on returns to capital and access to finance in Mexico. World Bank Economic Review 2008, 22(3):457-482.
7. Mel De., Suresh David McKenzie, Woodruff Christopher Measuring microenterprise profits: must we ask how the sausage is made?. Journal of Development Economics 2009, 88(1):19-31.
8. Rosero-Bixby Luis, Hidalgo-Céspedes Jeisson, Antich-Montero Daniel, Seligson Mitchell A. Improving the quality and lowering costs of household survey data using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). An application for Costa Rica. Paper presented at the 2005 Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, Philadelphia, PA 2005.
9. Samphantharak Krislert, Townsend Robert Households as corporate firms: constructing financial statements from integrated household surveys. Econometric Society Monographs 2009, (No. 46).