Heinzel, M. , Weaver, C. and Briggs, R. (2024) Incentivizing responses in international organization elite surveys: evidence from the World Bank. Journal of Experimental Political Science, (doi: 10.1017/XPS.2023.39) (Early Online Publication)
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Abstract
Scholars of International Organizations (IOs) increasingly use elite surveys to study the preferences and decisions of policymakers. When designing these surveys, one central concern is low statistical power, because respondents are typically recruited from a small and inaccessible population. However, much of what we know about how to incentivize elites to participate in surveys is based on anecdotal reflections, rather than systematic evidence on which incentives work best. In this article, we study the efficacy of three incentives in a preregistered experiment with World Bank staff. These incentives were the chance to win an Amazon voucher, a donation made to a relevant charity, and a promise to provide a detailed report on the findings. We find that no incentive outperformed the control group, and the monetary incentive decreased the number of respondents on average by one-third compared to the control group (from around 8% to around 5%).
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, The University of Texas at Austin. |
| Status: | Early Online Publication |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Heinzel, Dr Mirko |
| Authors: | Heinzel, M., Weaver, C., and Briggs, R. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Experimental Political Science |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 2052-2630 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2052-2649 |
| Published Online: | 26 January 2024 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2024 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Experimental Political Science 2024 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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