Von einer Beteiligung der Mitarbeiter am Unternehmenserfolg erhofft man sich positive Arbeitsmarkteffekte, wenn aufgrund der Flexibilisierung der Löhne entweder die Beschäftigungsmenge wächst oder die Arbeitsplatzsicherheit zunimmt. Zusätzlich versprechen sich viele Firmen von...

We assess whether the probability of a sample member participating at a particular wave of a panel survey is greater if the same interviewer is deployed as at the previous wave. Previous research on this topic mainly uses non-experimental data. Consequently, a) interviewer change is generally...

This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...

The computation of cross sectional weights in household panels is challenging because household compositions change over time. Sampling probabilities of new household entrants are generally not known and assigning them zero weight is not satisfying. Two common approaches to cross sectional...