Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71600 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 06/21
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
Recall food consumption data, which is the basis of a great deal of empirical work, is believed to suffer from considerable measurement error. Diary records are believed to be very accurate. We study a unique data set that collects recall and diary data from the same households. Measurement errors in recall food consumption data appear to be substantial, and they do not have the properties of classical measurement error. We also find evidence that the diary measures are themselves imperfect. We consider the implications of our findings for modelling demand, measuring inequality, and estimating inter-temporal preference parameters. – expenditure ; consumption ; measurement error ; survey data
JEL: 
C81
D12
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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