Alho, Juha M.; Müller, Gerrit; Pflieger, Verena; … - 2017
We propose a new view of initial nonresponse bias in longitudinal surveys. Under certain conditions, an initial bias … for respondents and nonrespondents, and attrition in later panel waves must not depend on the state of the individuals …. The theory is applied to a German survey on social benefit recipience. Minor deviations from assumptions are shown to have …