Survey mode, survey technology and technology innovations in data collection (A09)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: from 2016 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 139943784

The fast spread of mobile devices, in particular smartphones, now provides new opportunities for survey data collection in the social sciences, as people are now able to respond to survey questions without sharing scarce time resources or location restrictions. While the increased flexibility of respondent’s participating in surveys can have positive effects on data quality data collection using mobile devices may also bear the risk of changes in response behavior. This research proposal focuses on analyzing the use of mobile devices along different dimensions such as data quality, survey costs, the availability of populations and response behavior across several populations (including Europe, USA as well as developing countries). We combine different strands of social science research, connecting Survey Methodology, Econometrics, Behavioral Economics and Health Economics in longitudinal settings. The project will provide future avenues for general data collection procedures and has implications for improvements in data quality and the provision of information and treatments to influence respondent behavior.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 884: Political Economy of Reforms
• Applicant Institution: Universität Mannheim
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Markus Frölich; Professor Dr. Florian Keusch; Professorin Dr. Frauke Kreuter; Dr. Bettina Siflinger, until 9/2017