Being surveyed can change later behavior and related parameter estimates

被引：146

作者：

Zwane, Alix Peterson ^{[2
]}

Zinman, Jonathan ^{[1
,3
,4
]}

Van Dusen, Eric ^{[5
]}

Pariente, William ^{[3
,6
]}

Null, Clair ^{[7
]}

Miguel, Edward ^{[1
,3
,8
,9
]}

Kremer, Michael ^{[1
,3
,8
,10
,11
]}

Karlan, Dean S. ^{[1
,3
,12
]}

Hornbeck, Richard ^{[8
,10
]}

Gine, Xavier ^{[1
,13
]}

Duflo, Esther ^{[1
,3
,14
]}

Devoto, Florencia ^{[1
,3
]}

Crepon, Bruno ^{[3
,15
]}

Banerjee, Abhijit ^{[1
,3
,14
]}

机构：

[1] Innovat Poverty Act, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

[2] Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn, Seattle, WA 98102 USA

[3] Jameel Poverty Act Lab, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

[4] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Econ, Hanover, NH 03755 USA

[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[6] Catholic Univ Louvain, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium

[7] Emory Univ, Rollins Sch Publ Hlth, Hubert Dept Global Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA

[8] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[9] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Econ, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[10] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[11] Brookings Inst, Washington, DC 20036 USA

[12] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

[13] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[14] MIT, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

[15] Ctr Rech Econ & Stat, F-92245 Malakoff, France

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 2011年 / 108卷 / 05期

基金：

比尔及梅琳达.盖茨基金会; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

measurement effects; question-behavior effects; Hawthorne effects; survey methodology; models of attention; SELF-GENERATED VALIDITY; MEASURING INTENT; ASKING QUESTIONS; CHOICE; FIELD; PSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; ECONOMICS; PROPHECY; GOALS;

D O I：

10.1073/pnas.1000776108

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Does completing a household survey change the later behavior of those surveyed? In three field studies of health and two of micro-lending, we randomly assigned subjects to be surveyed about health and/or household finances and then measured subsequent use of a related product with data that does not rely on subjects' self-reports. In the three health experiments, we find that being surveyed increases use of water treatment products and take-up of medical insurance. Frequent surveys on reported diarrhea also led to biased estimates of the impact of improved source water quality. In two microlending studies, we do not find an effect of being surveyed on borrowing behavior. The results suggest that limited attention could play an important but context-dependent role in consumer choice, with the implication that researchers should reconsider whether, how, and how much to survey their subjects.

引用

页码：1821 / 1826

页数：6

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