TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Merz, Joachim
AU  - Stolze, Henning
        TI  - 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
        PY  - 2010/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5072
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5072
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - cumulation of cross sections
KW  - temporary cumulation
KW  - adjustment by information theory
KW  - consumption expenditures
KW  - Continuous Household Budget Surveys (Laufende Wirtschaftsrechnungen
KW  - LWR)
KW  - Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures (Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe
KW  - EVS) of the German Federal Statistical Office
        ER  -