Methodological aspects of the SAVE data set

Essig, Lothar

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URL:	https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/1269
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-12694
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2005
The title of a journal, publication series:	MEA Discussion Papers
Volume:	080
Place of publication:	Mannheim
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Law and Economics > Sonstige - Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des MEA (Mannheim Research Institute For the Economics of Aging) > MEA Discussion Papers
Subject:	300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Classification:	JEL: D12 ,
Subject headings (SWD):	Interview , Haushalt , Verhalten
Abstract:	This paper describes the general design of the SAVE survey: the design of the questionnaire, interviewer and interviewee motivation, and the sampling designs of the various subsamples collected in 2001 and 2003. It discusses the representativeness of the data, explains the construction of weights, and provides probit regressions to analyze potential selectivity problems. The paper finishes by discussing implications for the use of the SAVE data in various estimation procedures.