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Joao M. Souto-Maior; Kenneth A. Shores; Rachel E. Fish – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Whether selection processes contribute to group-level disparities or merely reflect pre-existing inequalities is an important societal question. In the context of observational data, researchers, concerned about omitted-variable bias, assess selection-contributing inequality via a kitchen-sink approach, comparing selection outcomes of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Predictor Variables, Correlation, Selection Criteria
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Alkire, Sabina; Seth, Suman – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This paper proposes how to select a methodology to target multidimensionally poor households, and how to update that targeting exercise periodically. We present this methodology in the context of discussions regarding the selection of a targeting methodology in India. In 1992, 1997, and 2002 the Indian government identified households that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family (Sociological Unit), Scoring, Methods