Does the Effect of Incentive Payments on Survey Response Rates Differ by Income Support History

This paper asks which sub-groups of the population are affected by the payment of a small cash incentive to respond to a telephone survey. We find that an incentive improves response rates primarily amongst those individuals with the longest history of income support receipt. Importantly, these individuals are least likely to respond to the survey in the absence of an incentive...

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Year of publication:	2008-04-01
Authors:	Baron, Juan ; Breunig, Robert ; Cobb-Clark, Deborah ; Gorgens, Tue ; Sartbayeva, Anastasia
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Anreizsystem \| Einkommenssteigerung \| income support

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Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3473 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C89 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs. Other ; I39 - Welfare and Poverty. Other ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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