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The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey

For over 35 years, a random sample of U.S. women has responded for free to a government survey that tracks their socioeconomic development. In 2003 an experiment was run to understand if providing monetary incentives of up to $40 would impact participation rates. Providing incentives to respondents,...

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Published in:	Public opinion quarterly 2008-10, Vol.72 (3), p.502-513
Main Authors:	Zagorsky, Jay L., Rhoton, Patricia
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