We propose a new method to design a short survey measure of a complex concept such as women’s agency. The approach … combines mixed-methods data collection and machine learning. We select the best survey questions based on how strongly … candidate questions. This approach of selecting survey questions based on their statistical correspondence to coded qualitative …

develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about … high self-knowledge. These examples illustrate how using the estimator may improve inference from survey data …

institutional framework play a role in banks' decisions. To do so, we use a unique survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, two …