Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180502 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11484
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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: 
poverty exit
poverty entry
poverty dynamics
pseudo panel
synthetic panel
BHPS
HILDA
JEL: 
I32
D31
C52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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