I would really love to participate in your survey! Bias problems in the measurement of well-being

This paper argues that satisfaction data from surveys are biased by varying participant attitudes toward the interview itself. In this manner, interviewees in a German panel study report lower life satisfaction when there is evidence of transient influences like aversion. The empirical findings suggest that researchers of well-being should consider interview-specific factors in order to avoid drawing incorrect conclusions.

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Year of publication:	2011-08-23
Authors:	Chadi, Adrian
Institutions:	Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in der Europäischen Union (IAAEU), Universität Trier
Subject:	Subjective well-being \| Life satisfaction \| Survey design \| Measurement error \| Response bias \| Age-dependent

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IAAEG Discussion Papers until 2011.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Economics Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 4, pages 3111-3119 9 pages
Classification:	I3 - Welfare and Poverty ; C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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