RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bayesian learning in the presence of misreporting and endogeneity
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1024-13890R1
DO 10.3368/jhr.1024-13890R1
A1 Gregory, Christian A.
A1 Hasselt, Martijn van
YR 2025
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2025/10/02/jhr.1024-13890R1.abstract
AB We examine the role of survey misreporting in a study of the impact of SNAP participation on diet quality. Our Bayesian econometric model allows for endogenous and possibly misreported program participation. The prior distribution incorporates information about misreporting rates and selection into treatment based on recent related work in this area. In our empirical analysis of NHANES data, we do not find clear evidence for an average causal effect of SNAP participation on diet quality. Changes in prior beliefs about the degree of misreporting, however, have a substantial impact on the precision of inference.