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The Loss in Efficiency from Using Grouped Data

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  • Peter Gottschalk

    (Boston College)

  • Kathleen M. Lang

    (Boston College)

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We derive the efficiency loss from using grouped data to estimate coefficients of variables that vary across groups but not individuals within a group (e.g., state unemployment rates) when micro data are unavailable on the dependent variable. We present an empirical example of our theoretical results, and show that the efficiency loss in this application is small.

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  • Peter Gottschalk & Kathleen M. Lang, 1995. "The Loss in Efficiency from Using Grouped Data," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 289., Boston College Department of Economics.
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    grouped data; relative efficiency;

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