Does participating in a panel survey change respondents' labor market behavior?

Ruben Bach and Stephanie Eckman
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Stephanie Eckman: RTI International, Washington, D.C.

No 201715, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Panel survey participation can bring about unintended changes in respondents' behavior and/or reporting of behavior. Using administrative data linked to a large panel survey, we analyze changes in respondents' labor market behavior. We estimate the causal effect of panel participation on the take-up of federal labor market programs using instrumental variables. Results show that panel survey participation leads to a decrease in respondents' take-up of these measures. These results suggest that panel survey participation not only affects the reporting of behavior, as previous studies have demonstrated, but can also alter respondents' actual behavior." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Erwerbsverhalten; Antwortverhalten; Teilnehmer; Arbeitslose; arbeitsmarktpolitische Maßnahme; Verhaltensänderung; IAB-Haushaltspanel; 2006-2009 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2017
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