TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Riphahn, Regina T.
AU  - Serfling, Oliver
        TI  - Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth Questions
        PY  - 2002/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 573
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp573
        AB  - After reviewing the literature on item non-response we focus on three issues: First, is there
significant heterogeneity in item non-response across financial questions and in the
association of covariates with item non-response across outcomes? Second, can the
informational value of surveys be improved by matching interviewers and respondents based
on their characteristics? Third, how does offering a "don't know" answer option affect
respondent behavior? The questions are answered based on detailed survey and interviewer
data from the German Socioeconomic Panel, considering a broad set of income and wealth
outcomes.

        KW  - item non-response
KW  - survey quality
KW  - interviewer effects
KW  - income and wealth
        ER  -