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The role of interviewer encounters in panel responses on life satisfaction

This paper examines a common explanation why participants of panel surveys may report declining life satisfaction over time. In line with the argument of developing trust relationships between interviewers and interviewees, the analysis reveals positive effects in reported life satisfaction when the person conducting the interview changes to an unfamiliar individual. Yet, the evidence also shows that the overall decline is determined by years in the panel, rather than by number of encounters with one specific interviewer. The realization that such response artifacts can affect the analysis of life satisfaction leads to some important conclusions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 11/2013

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Life satisfaction
panel effect
survey design
response bias
interviewer effects

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chadi, Adrian
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU)
(wo)
Trier
(wann)
2013

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Chadi, Adrian
  • University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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