ISBN:
9780444823014
Content:
This chapter discusses data and econometric tools for development analysis. Data issues lead directly into the econometrics. The chapter discusses household survey data, survey design in developing countries, data collection, measurement issues, and experience of using such data in econometric analysis. It describes national income accounts, index number, and other problems that underlie international comparisons of income levels and growth rates. Tools for microeconomic analysis are discussed in the chapter, with emphasis on the use of survey data through a range of more or less familiar econometric topics, methods for strengthening the robustness of inference, and common pitfalls and difficulties. Time-series techniques and their uses in the analysis of development questions are discussed in the chapter. Nonparametric techniques for estimating density functions, regression functions, and the derivatives of regression functions are also discussed. Non-parametric analysis requires a great deal of data, there are a number of questions in the development economics susceptible to non-parametric treatment using survey data.
In:
Handbook of development economics, Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1995, (1995), Seite 1785-1882, 9780444823014
In:
0444823018
In:
year:1995
In:
pages:1785-1882
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1016/S1573-4471(05)80005-1
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