Abstract
The paper deals with the (asymptotic) bias in the estimation of regression slope coefficients from panel data observed with error. Unobserved individual and time specific heterogeneity is also assumed. The estimators considered include: the standard ‘within’ and ‘between’ estimators, and estimators based on differences over time. It is shown that in terms of bias, there may be a trade-off between the effect of heterogeneity and of measurement errors. The paper also shows that in situations where the number of observations of each individual is finite (and in practice often small), changes in the correlograms of the measurement error and of the latent exogenous variable may substantially affect the relative bias of the different estimators of the slope coefficient.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Biørn E (1990) A comparison of aggregate and disaggregate estimators for panel data models with measurement errors. Paper presented at the Sixth World Congress of the Econometric Society, Barcelona, August 1990. Memorandum from the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, No 21, 1990
Fuller WA, Battese GE (1974) Estimation of linear models with crossed-error structure. Journal of Econometrics, 2:67–78
Griliches Z (1986) Economic data issues. Ch 25 in Handbook of Econometrics, vol III ed. by Z Griliches, MD Intriligator. North-Holland, Amsterdam
Griliches Z, Hausman JA (1986) Errors in variables in panel data. Journal of Econometrics 31:93–118
Hsiao C (1986) Analysis of panel data. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Mundlak Y (1978) On the pooling of times series and cross section data. Econometrica 46:69–85
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Biørn, E. The bias of some estimators for panel data models with measurement errors. Empirical Economics 17, 51–66 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01192474
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01192474