Rural Panel Surveys in Developing Countries:A Selective Review

• 来源期刊: 经济与政治研究（英文版）
• 关键词: panel survey survey methodology rural development developing country
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（2）
• 页码范围: 151-177
• 页数: 27页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Rural panel surveys are the most appropriate source of data for studying the unprecedented rapid migration and urbanization currendy taking place in China and other developing countries.This paper provides a selective review,focusing on the panel survey methodologies of several studies,which are organized based on our proposed four key elements of panel surveys:representativeness,retrospect-prospect,multilevel tracking,and temporality.To maximize heterogeneity in urbanization and development over the last three decades,we select rural panel surveys from five Asian countries:India,Indonesia,Nepal,Thailand,and China.We analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the selected panel surveys to provide directions for designing future rural panel surveys in China and elsewhere in the developing world.