Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/163537 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2016-11
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
This paper presents evidence that the quality of survey data on household incomes systematically improves across waves of a panel. Our estimates indicate that the effect of being interviewed for a second time is to increase the mean of reported monthly income by £142 (8 percent). Dependent interviewing - a recall device commonly used in panel surveys - takes effect only after a first interview. It explains approximately one third of the observed increase. The remaining share is attributed to changes in respondent reporting behaviour (panel conditioning). Our analysis suggests that falls in respondent confidentiality concerns are important in explaining the result.
Subjects: 
income
measurement error
household survey
panel conditioning
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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