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@article{citeulike:2394544, abstract = {Abstract Microeconometric studies increasingly utilize travel times to markets as a determinant of economic behaviour. These studies typically use self-reported measures from surveys, often characterized by measurement error. This paper is the first validation study of access to markets data. Unique data from Peru allow comparison of self-reported variables with scientifically calculated variables. We investigate the determinants of the deviation between imputed and self-reported data and show that it is non-classical and dependent on observable socio-economic variables. Our results suggest that studies using self-reported measures of access may be estimating biased effects.}, author = {Escobal, Javier and Laszlo, Sonia}, citeulike-article-id = {2394544}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00491.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00491.x}, doi = {10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00491.x}, journal = {Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics}, keywords = {microdata, time, travel}, number = {0}, pages = {???}, posted-at = {2008-02-18 14:11:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Measurement Error in Access to Markets*}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00491.x}, volume = {0}, year = {0} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2394544 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2394544 N2 - Abstract Microeconometric studies increasingly utilize travel times to markets as a determinant of economic behaviour. These studies typically use self-reported measures from surveys, often characterized by measurement error. This paper is the first validation study of access to markets data. Unique data from Peru allow comparison of self-reported variables with scientifically calculated variables. We investigate the determinants of the deviation between imputed and self-reported data and show that it is non-classical and dependent on observable socio-economic variables. Our results suggest that studies using self-reported measures of access may be estimating biased effects. IS - 0 JF - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics EP - ??? TI - Measurement Error in Access to Markets* VL - 0 SP - ??? KW - microdata KW - time KW - travel AU - Escobal, Javier AU - Laszlo, Sonia PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00491.x ER -