Cutting the costs of attrition: Results from the Indonesia Family Life Survey

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-123

  Thomas, Duncan ^a   Witoelar, Firman ^b,c   Frankenberg, Elizabeth ^a   Sikoki, Bondan ^b   Strauss, John ^d   Sumantri, Cecep ^b   Suriastini, Wayan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SurveyMETER   (Indonesia)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Indonesia; Survey design

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVEY DESIGN;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84863399119     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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