Using recall and diary food expenditure data from Canada, we compare estimates of the household size elasticity of per capita food expenditure. In contrast to Gibson (2002), we find negative elasticities in both recall and diary data. This in turn means we find evidence of the “Deaton–Paxson puzzle” in both diary and recall data. Recall error cannot be the sole explanation of the puzzle.
Authors
Research Fellow University of Michigan
Tom is a Research Fellow at IFS, a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Matthew Brzozowski
Journal article details
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.06.020
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- JEL
- C81, D12
- Issue
- Volume 158, September 2017
Suggested citation
M, Brzozowski and T, Crossley and J, Winter. (2017). 'Does survey recall error explain the Deaton–Paxson puzzle?' 158(2017)
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