Identification of attrition bias using different types of panel refreshments
Identification of attrition bias using different types of panel refreshments
Selective attrition out of longitudinal datasets is a concern for empirical researchers. This note illustrates a simple way to identify potential attrition bias in panel surveys by exploiting multiple types of simultaneous entries into a panel survey. The little-known phenomenon of natural refreshments, which adds to entries through refreshments induced by data collectors, allows for attrition bias to be disentangled from measurement errors connected to differences in participation experience (i.e. panel conditioning). A demonstrative application on subjective data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) serves as an example and offers insights on health- and happiness-related attrition in panel surveys.
Household survey, Life satisfaction, Non-response, Panel conditioning, Refreshment samples, Subjective health
Chadi, Adrian
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1 April 2021
Chadi, Adrian
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Chadi, Adrian
(2021)
Identification of attrition bias using different types of panel refreshments.
Economics Letters, 201, [109777].
(doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109777).
Abstract
Selective attrition out of longitudinal datasets is a concern for empirical researchers. This note illustrates a simple way to identify potential attrition bias in panel surveys by exploiting multiple types of simultaneous entries into a panel survey. The little-known phenomenon of natural refreshments, which adds to entries through refreshments induced by data collectors, allows for attrition bias to be disentangled from measurement errors connected to differences in participation experience (i.e. panel conditioning). A demonstrative application on subjective data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) serves as an example and offers insights on health- and happiness-related attrition in panel surveys.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 February 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 February 2021
Published date: 1 April 2021
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Household survey, Life satisfaction, Non-response, Panel conditioning, Refreshment samples, Subjective health
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/496178
ISSN: 0165-1765
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