The Analysis of Household Surveys (Reissue Edition with a New Preface): A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy

By Angus Deaton. 2018

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Two decades after its original publication, The Analysis of Household Surveys is reissued with a new preface by its author, Sir Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This classic work remains relevant to anyone with a serious interest in using household survey data to shed light on policy issues. This book reviews the analysis of household survey data, including the construction of household surveys, the econometric tools useful for such analysis, and a range of problems in development policy for which this survey analysis can be applied. The author's approach remains close to the data, using transparent econometric and graphical techniques to present data in a way that can clearly inform policy and academic debates. Chapter 1 describes the features of survey design that need to be understood in order to undertake appropriate analysis. Chapter 2 discusses the general econometric and statistical issues that arise when using survey data for estimation and inference. Chapter 3 covers the use of survey data to measure welfare, poverty, and distribution. Chapter 4 focuses on the use of household budget data to explore patterns of household demand. Chapter 5 discusses price reform, its effects on equity and efficiency, and how to measure them. Chapter 6 addresses the role of household consumption and saving in economic development. The book includes an appendix providing code and programs using STATA, which can serve as a template for the users' own analysis.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Population aging and future carbon emissions in the United States (2008, methodology): “We use the results of new household projections for the U.S. to construct “cohorts” of households, where household age is defined by the age of the household head (Deaton, 1997).”
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCE LAND DEGRADATION: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA / доклад на 25 конференции IAAE, Reshaping Agriculture’s Contribution to Society, International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa, 16-23 August 2003 (2004, background): “Erosion is highest in the intensively cultivated highlands (SWH and EH zones) and greater in areas of higher population density (though impact of population density significant only in the OLS regression).”
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: The Welfare Impacts of Contract Farming (2012, methodology): “9 A household’s total number of adult equivalents (Deaton, 1997) was obtained by treating each individual under 15 as 0.5 adult, each individual between the ages of 15 and 65 as one adult, and each individual over 65 as 0.75 adults. landholdings).”
Trade Liberalization and Poverty: The Evidence So Far (2004, methodology): “This will bias the estimates unless relatively sophisticated methods are used (see Deaton 1997, for an accessible account).”
Distributional Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries (2007, background): “The most appropriate variable for capturing lifetime well-being is arguably consumption (see Deaton (1997) for a related discussion).”
RETHINKING I NEQUALITY D ECOMPOSITION, WITH E VIDENCE F ROM R URAL C HINA* (2002, neutral): “Computing Standard Errors Few empirical studies based on inequality measures calculate standard errors, although doing so is often not dif®cult through bootstrapping (Deaton, 1997).”
The Consequences of Underemployment for the Underemployed (2007, background): “estimators are generally more efficient if weights are not used (Deaton, 1997).”