. In this paper, we explore the questions of what exactly is measured by the diverse survey-derived scales and experiments …. Inspired by criticism of the widespread trust question used in many surveys, we created a new, improved survey trust scale … that it correlates with trusting behaviour in the experiment. Both survey and experimental measure correlate with related …

sample. Starting with the 2013 survey, the SOEP will determine the contents of SOEP IS through a competitive refereed …

This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative … sample of the German adult population. -- Time preferences ; discounting ; validation of survey measures …

, and, in a third step, we use the results of a special interviewer survey. We use multilevel statistical modeling to … negligible. Ignoring these effects does not cause significant biases in statistical inferences drawn from the survey under …

longitudinal household panel survey: the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In 2006, and again in 2008, hand grip strength … the SOEP survey. In a first step, we examine short-term mortality outcomes predicted by changes in hand grip strength … changes. We therefore test this hypothesis by correlating the indicators with other survey-based health measures that were …