Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/106604 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8664
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Many studies have used self-reported dyadic data without exploiting the pattern of discordant answers. In this paper we propose a maximum likelihood estimator that deals with mis-reporting in a systematic way. We illustrate the methodology using dyadic data on inter-household transfers (gifts and loans) from the village of Nyakatoke in Tanzania, investigating whether observed transfers are mutually beneficial, i.e. in the self-interest of both parties involved. Our results suggest that mutual self-interest is not a necessary condition for transfers between households who are sufficiently close socially and geographically to take place, and we show that not taking reporting bias into account leads to serious underestimation of the total amount of transfers between villagers.
Subjects: 
social networks
dyadic data
reporting bias
informal transfers
JEL: 
C13
C51
D85
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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