@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp5072,
            	author={Merz, Joachim and Stolze, Henning},
            	title={Cumulation of Cross-Section Surveys: Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for the Cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 Compared to the Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures (EVS) 2003},
            	year={2010},
	month={Jul},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={5072},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5072},
	abstract={With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household budget surveys should deliver yearly results as well multi-annual sufficient large samples to allow in depth analyses. This study contributes by a general conceptual foundation of the cumulation of cross-sections and an application which in particular evaluates the new cumulation concept with actual large official samples: the cross sectional cumulation of five yearly Continuous Household Budget Surveys (Laufende Wirtschaftsrechnungen, LWR) which will be compared to the large quinquennial Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures (Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe, EVS) of the German Federal Statistical Office. Therewith the sensitivity of the cumulation concept with its alternatives is evaluated for private household consumption expenditures of selected expenditure groups. A recommendation concludes.},
	keywords={cumulation of cross sections;temporary cumulation;adjustment by information theory;consumption expenditures;Continuous Household Budget Surveys (Laufende Wirtschaftsrechnungen;LWR);Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures (Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe;EVS) of the German Federal Statistical Office},
            }