Arbeitspapier

Regression with an imputed dependent variable

Researchers are often interested in the relationship between two variables, with no single data set containing both. A common strategy is to use proxies for the dependent variable that are common to two surveys to impute the dependent variable into the data set containing the independent variable. We show that commonly employed regression or matching-based imputation procedures lead to inconsistent estimates. We offer an easily-implemented correction and correct asymptotic standard errors. We illustrate these with Monte Carlo experiments and empirical examples using data from the US Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2019-07

Classification
Wirtschaft
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
Estimation: General
Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
Subject
Imputation
Measurement error
Consumption

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Crossley, Thomas F.
Levell, Peter
Poupakis, Stavros
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(where)
Colchester
(when)
2019

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Crossley, Thomas F.
  • Levell, Peter
  • Poupakis, Stavros
  • University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Time of origin

  • 2019

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