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Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures

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  • Suziedelyte, Agne
  • Johar, Meliyanni

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We investigate the common assumption in applied research that reporting errors are negligible in variables where there is no clear incentive for misreporting. Using major medical operations, we find high misreporting rates, but the coefficients of their predictors remain unbiased.

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  • Suziedelyte, Agne & Johar, Meliyanni, 2013. "Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(2), pages 163-166.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:2:p:163-166
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.027
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    Keywords

    Measurement error; Health; Socio economic status;
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    JEL classification:

    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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