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Title Does Changing Monetary Incentive Schemes in Panel Studies Affect Cooperation? A Quasi-experiment on Switching from Prepaid to Promised Incentives on Participation in a Probability-based Mixed-mode Panel
Author Schaurer, I.; Bosnjak, M.
Year 2016
Access date 09.06.2016
Abstract
Monetary incentives are a universal measure aimed at fostering cooperation in surveys. Meta-analytic research based on cross-sectional surveys has shown that prepaid monetary incentives are more effective than postpaid incentives. In the context of longitudinal surveys, research on the long-term impact of the timing of incentives on respondents cooperation is scarce. As a result, incentive-related decisions in longitudinal surveys can hardly be justified in view of the available empirical evidence. When building longitudinal research infrastructures, the incentive scheme issue becomes even more prominent if financial, legal, or administrative constraints require a change in the timing of incentives, for instance from (seemingly) costly prepaid monetary incentives to promising an incentivecontingent on participation. Accordingly, the overall aim of the study presented was to investigate if, and to what extent, a change in incentives schemes from a prepaid to a postpaid model affects cooperation. We focus on the initial phases of building the GESIS Panel, a self-administered mixed-mode (Web and mail surveys) access panel infrastructure aimed at hosting various longitudinal social science studies (N= 4961). Specifically, we will report findings of a quasi-experiment conducted during the recruitment process of the GESIS Panel, suggesting that the magnitudes of effects of incentive scheme switches from prepaid to postpaid on cooperation are mode specific: The likelihood of participation in the offline mode (mail surveys) is substantially more affected by an incentive scheme switch (prepaid -> postpaid) than in the online mode (Web surveys).
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Year of publication2016
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
Web survey bibliography - Bosnjak, M. (25)
- Article Establishing an Open Probability-Based Mixed-Mode Panel of the General Population in Germany...; 2017; Bosnjak, M.; Dannwolf, T.; Enderle, T.; Schaurer, I.; Struminskaya, B.; Tanner, A.; Weyandt, K.
- Does Changing Monetary Incentive Schemes in Panel Studies Affect Cooperation? A Quasi-experiment on...; 2016; Schaurer, I.; Bosnjak, M.
- Web Surveys Versus Other Survey Modes: An Updated Meta-analysis Comparing Response Rates ; 2016; Wengrzik, J.; Bosnjak, M.; Lozar Manfreda, K.
- The Effects of Questionnaire Completion Using Mobile Devices on Data Quality. Evidence from a Probability...; 2015; Bosnjak, M.; Struminskaya, B.; Weyandt, K.
- A quasi-experiment on effects of prepaid versus promised incentives on participation in a probability...; 2015; Schaurer, I.; Bosnjak, M.
- Unplanned use of mobile devices in a probabilistic online panel survey: Patterns of use and implications...; 2015; Poggio, T.; Bosnjak, M.; Bandilla, W.; Weyandt, K.
- Survey participation via mobile devices in a probability-based online-panel: Prevalence, determinants...; 2014; Poggio, T., Bosnjak, M., Weyandt, K.
- Switching the polarity of answer options within the questionnaire and using various numbering schemes...; 2014; Struminskaya, B., Schaurer, I., Bosnjak, M.
- Sample composition discrepancies in different stages of a probability-based online panel; 2013; Bosnjak, M., Haas, I., Galesic, M., Kaczmirek, L., Bandilla, W., Couper, M. P.
- (Online) Access Panels: Types and Quality Standards; 2012; Bosnjak, M.
- Mobile Survey Participation Rates in Commercial Market Research: A Meta-Analysis; 2012; Bosnjak, M., Poggio, T., Becker, K. R., Funke, F., Wachenfeld, A., Fischer, B.
- Self-administered mobile surveys; 2011; Bosnjak, M.
- Use of new technologies in social research: Self-administered mobile surveys; 2011; Bosnjak, M.
- Self-administered mobile surveys: Usability and (non)participation; 2010; Scherrer, S., Bosnjak, M.
- Internet surveys; 2010; Couper, M. P., Bosnjak, M.
- Web Surveys; 2009; Bosnjak, M.
- Understanding the willingness to participate in mobile surveys: Exploring the role of hedonic, affective...; 2009; Bosnjak, M., Metzger, G.
- Measurement options, measurement error, and usability in mobile surveys; 2009; Pferdekämper, T., Bosnjak, M., Metzger, G.
- Compensating for low topic interest and long surveys: A field experiment on nonresponse in Web surveys...; 2007; Marcus, B., Bosnjak, M., Lindner, S., Pilischenko, S., Schuetz, A.
- Beyond response rates: Effects of different (Web-) survey implementation procedures on sample composition...; 2006; Bosnjak, M., Marcus, B., Schuetz, A., Lindner, S., Pilischenko, S.
- Survey Administration Effects? A Comparison of Web-Based and Traditional Written Self-Administered Surveys...; 2003; Bandilla, W., Bosnjak, M., Altdorfer, P.
- Understanding the Willingness to Participate in Online-Surveys - The case of E-mail questionnaires; 2002; Bosnjak, M., Batinic, B.
- (Non)Response bei Web-Befragungen; 2002; Bosnjak, M.
- Banner-advertised Web surveys; 2000; Tuten, T. L., Bosnjak, M., Bandilla, W.
- Current Internet science - trends, techniques, results. ; 1999; Reips, U.-D., Batinic, B., Bandilla, W., Bosnjak, M., Graef, L., Moser, K., Werner, A.