Reducing Panel Attrition: A Search for Effective Policy Instruments
构建了调查响应决策过程理论，利用健康与退休研究数据评估缩短访谈时长和指派同一初始访员对减少面板流失的效果，发现指派同一访员显著提高响应率，而访谈时长无显著影响。
In this paper we develop a theory of the survey response decision process and apply it to the analysis of field office policy measures in an attempt to see which of these are effective in reducing panel attrition. We use data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to assess the effectiveness of 1) reducing the length of the interview and 2) assigning the same initial interviewer wave after wave. There is virtually no evidence in the data that interview length affects subsequent wave response. Assigning the same interviewer wave after wave, however, has a strong positive effect on response rates.