Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177824 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 207
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht
Abstract: 
A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive ‘synthetic panel’ data estimates of poverty dynamics statistics. It builds on the pioneering study by Dang, Lanjouw, Luoto, and McKenzie (Journal of Development Economics, 2014) providing bounds estimates and the innovative refinement proposed by Dang and Lanjouw (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6504, 2013) providing point estimates of the statistics of interest. We provide new evidence about the accuracy of synthetic panel estimates relative to benchmarks based on estimates derived from genuine household panel data, employing high quality data from Australia and Britain, while also examining the sensitivity of results to a number of analytical choices. Overall, we are more agnostic about the validity of the synthetic panel approach applied to these two rich countries than are earlier validity studies in their applications focusing on middle- and low-income countries.
Subjects: 
synthetic panel
pseudo panel
poverty dynamics
poverty entry
poverty exit
BHPS
HILDA
JEL: 
I32
D31
C52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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