This paper deals with the question of selectivity of missing data on income questions in large panel surveys due to item-non-response and with imputation as one alternative strategy to cope with this issue. In contrast to cross-section surveys, the imputation of missing values in panel data can profit from longitudinal information which is available for the very same observation units from other points ...
To the best of our knowledge, most of the few methodological studies which analyze the impact of faked interviews on survey results are based on “artificial fakes” generated by project students in a “laboratory environment”. In contrast, panel data provide a unique opportunity to identify data which are actually faked by interviewers. By comparing data of two waves, unequivocal fakes are easily identifiable. ...
Luxembourg:
CEPS / INSTEAD,
2003,
[Getr. Zählung]
(CHER Working Paper ; 3)
| Günther Schmaus, Kimberly Fisher, Joachim R. Frick, Antoine Haag, Birgit Kuchler