panel conditioning

Panel Conditioning in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey
Do survey respondents learn to game the questionnaire over time? We tested this in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey and found the opposite. Responses actually improve in later waves.
Stephanie Eckman, Ruben Bach
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Rotation Group Bias in Reporting of Household Purchases in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey
We find rotation group bias in reports of spending in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey. Contrary to our expectations, the more …
Ruben Bach, Stephanie Eckman
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Participating in a panel survey changes respondents’ labour market behaviour
Panel survey participation can bring about unintended changes in respondents’ behaviour and/or their reporting of behaviour. Using …
Ruben Bach, Stephanie Eckman
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