%0 Report
        %A Riphahn, Regina T.
%A Serfling, Oliver
        %T Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth Questions
        %D 2002
        %8 2002 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 573
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp573
        %X 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.

        %K item non-response
%K survey quality
%K interviewer effects
%K income and wealth