 Nonparametric errors in variables models with measurement errors on both sides of the equationMichele De Nadai and Arthur Lewbel Journal of Econometrics, 2016, vol. 191, issue 1, 19-32 Abstract: Measurement errors are often correlated, as in surveys where respondent’s biases or tendencies to err affect multiple reported variables. We extend Schennach (2007) to identify moments of the conditional distribution of a true Y given a true X when both are measured with error, the measurement errors in Y and X are correlated, and the true unknown model of Y given X has nonseparable model errors. After showing nonparametric identification, we provide a sieve generalized method of moments based estimator of the model, and apply it to nonparametric Engel curve estimation. In our application measurement errors on the expenditures of a good Y are by construction correlated with measurement errors in total expenditures X. This problem, which is present in many consumption data sets, has been ignored in most demand applications. We find that accounting for this problem casts doubt on Hildenbrand’s (1994) “increasing dispersion” assumption. Keywords: Engel curve; Errors-in-variables model; Fourier transform; Generalized function; Sieve estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:econom:v:191:y:2016:i:1:p:19-32 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2015.08.005 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Econometrics is currently edited by T. Amemiya, A. R. Gallant, J. F. Geweke, C. Hsiao and P. M. Robinson More articles in Journal of Econometrics from Elsevier |
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