The authors demonstrate how the latent income effect on survey compliance can be estimated using readily available data on response rates across geographic areas. An application using the Current Population Survey for the United States indicates that compliance falls as income rises. Correcting for selective compliance appreciably increases mean income and inequality, but has only a small impact on poverty incidence up to commonly used poverty lines in the United States.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) levies ‘surcharges’ or extra fees on member countries that either
- 09/12/2024
- Policy Brief
- Associated Authors: Marilou Uy