Search Results - subject:"vignettes"

Magnus, Jan R.; van soest, arthur; Douhou, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

Violations of social norms can be costly to society and they are, in the case of large crimes, followed by prosecution. Minor misbehaviors — small crimes — do not usually result in legal proceedings. Although the economic consequences of a single small crime can be low, such crimes generate...

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Dynamics of work disability reporting in Europe

Angelini, Viola; CAVAPOZZI, Danilo; PACCAGNELLA, Omar - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2010

In this paper we investigate the role of response styles in the dynamics of work disability reporting. Using the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we document that in Europe surprisingly large fractions of individuals change their self-reported...

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d'Uva, Teresa Bago; Lindeboom, Maarten; O'Donnell, Owen; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

-rated health of reporting heterogeneity identified from health vignettes. Using data on elderly Europeans, we find that …

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Health systems’ responsiveness and its characteristics: a cross-country comparative analysis

Robone, S; Rice, N; Smith, P - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2010

This paper investigates the influence of aggregate country-level characteristics on health system responsiveness, using data on 62 countries present in the World Health Survey. While evidence exists on variations in reported levels of health system responsiveness across countries, the literature...

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Identification Strategies in Survey Response Using Vignettes

Corrado, L.; Weeks, M. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2010

-assessment question. These additional questions, referred to as anchoring vignettes, can under certain conditions, be used to correct for …

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d'Uva, Teresa Bago; Lindeboom, Maarten; O'Donnell, Owen; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

purging self-rated health of reporting heterogeneity identified from health vignettes. Using data on elderly Europeans, we …

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Bago d'Uva, Teresa; Lindeboom, Maarten; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2010

-rated health of reporting heterogeneity identified from health vignettes. Using data on elderly Europeans, we find that …

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External validation of the use of vignettes in cross-country health studies

Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Kristensen, Nicolai; Pozzoli, Dario - 2009

-population specific response style. To correct for this, the use of vignettes has become increasingly popular, notably within cross …-country health studies. However, the validity of vignettes as a means to re-scale across sample populations critically rests on the … assumption of response consistency (RC): that vignettes and self-assessments are evaluated on the same scale. In this paper, we …

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Life satisfaction

Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; van Soest, Arthur - 2009

We analyze the determinants of global life satisfaction in two countries (The Netherlands and the U.S.), by using both self-reports and responses to a battery of vignette questions. We find global life satisfaction of happiness is well-described by four domains: job or daily activities, social...

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Work disability, work, and justification bias in Europe and the U.S.

Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; van Soest, Arthur - 2009

respondents. In this paper we use anchoring vignettes to identify justification bias and other forms of DIF across countries and …

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