Do household definitions matter in survey design? Results from a randomized survey experiment in Mali

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-135

  Beaman, Lori ^a   Dillon, Andrew ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Consumption; Household definition; Randomized experiment

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL DATA; SURVEY DESIGN; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

MALI;

EID: 84857801868     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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