demography is used to show that an initial bias can "fade-away" in later panel waves, if the transition laws in the observed … sample and the population are identical. Panel attrition is incorporated into the Markovian framework. Extensions to Markov … empirical data from a German Labour Market Panel to demonstrate the extend and speed of the fade-away effect. The implications …

for respondents and nonrespondents, and attrition in later panel waves must not depend on the state of the individuals …

online participation is not significantly affected by sector affiliation, affiliation to East or West Germany nor information …

In questions inserted into the 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel we ask subjects to report their income …

Nonresponse in surveys may result in a distortion of the distribution of interest. In a panel survey the participation … restates a result for Finland for the ECHP (European Community Household Panel). A second condition concerns the selectivity of … panel attrition after wave one. Here panel attrition must not depend on the income state of the previous panel wave. The …

German municipalities using a panel on municipalities in the two largest German states from 1999 to 2006. We find significant …