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Nonresponse and focal point answers to subjective probability questions
Kleinjans, Kristin J.; Soest, Arthur van - 2010
We develop and estimate a panel data model explaining the answers to questions about subjective probabilities, using data from the US Health and Retirement Study. We explicitly account for nonresponse, rounding, and focal point "50 percent" answers. Our results indicate that for three of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154555
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Non-response biases in surveys of school children : the case of the English PISA samples
Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; Skinner, … - 2010
response rate thresholds as a guide to data quality. -- Non-response ; bias ; school survey ; data linkage ; PISA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941758
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Is there an income gradient in child health? : it depends whom you ask
Johnston, David W.; Propper, Carol; Pudney, Stephen E.; … - 2010
of respondent and the measure of child health. -- Child health ; income ; reporting bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944292
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Is earnings nonresponse ignorable?
Bollinger, Christopher R.; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2010
survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched … other household members. -- response bias ; imputation ; earnings nonresponse ; gender gap ; CPS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009377090
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Survey design and the determinants of subjective wellbeing : an experimental analysis
Holford, Angus J.; Pudney, Stephen E. - 2015
We analyse the results of experiments on questionnaire design and interview mode in the first four waves (2008-11) of … questions within the interview. We find significant evidence of an influence of interview mode and question design on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467804
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Can we measure individual risk attitudes in a survey?
Ding, Xiaohao; Hartog, Joop; Sun, Yuze - 2010
We combine a survey and an experiment with real pay-out among Peking University students to measure and validate individual risk attitudes. The experiment involves choosing between a cash payment and playing a lottery. The survey questions ask for the reservation price of a hypothetical lottery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942220
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Limited self-knowledge and survey response behavior
Falk, Armin; Neuber, Thomas; Strack, Philipp - 2021
We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of self-reports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588630
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Explaining the favorite-longshot bias : is it risk-love or misperceptions?
Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
misperceptions of probability drive the favorite-longshot bias, as suggested by Prospect Theory. -- Pricing under risk ; probability …The favorite-longshot bias describes the longstanding empirical regularity that betting odds provide biased estimates … weighting ; compound lotteries ; favorite-longshot bias …
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Hidden skewness
Ensthaler, Ludwig; Nottmeyer, Olga; Weizsäcker, Georg - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780291
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Using survey questions to measure preferences : lessons from an experimental validation in Kenya
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie; Miguel, Edward - 2019
Can a short survey instrument reliably measure a range of fundamental economic preferences across diverse settings? We focus on survey questions that systematically predict behavior in incentivized experimental tasks among German university students (Becker et al. 2016) and were implemented...
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