Dissatisfied with Life or with Being Interviewed?: Happiness and Motivation to Participate in a Survey
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- Adrian Chadi, 2014. "Dissatisfied with Life or with Being Interviewed? Happiness and Motivation to Participate in a Survey," IAAEU Discussion Papers 201403, Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU).
- Chadi, Adrian, 2014. "Dissatisfied with Life or with Being Interviewed? Happiness and Motivation to Participate in a Survey," Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy 100505, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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Happiness; Respondent motivation; Measurement bias; Life satisfaction; Panel attrition; Interviewer contacts;JEL classification:
- C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2014-03-22 (All new papers)
- NEP-HAP-2014-03-22 (Economics of Happiness)
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