Self‐reported life satisfaction is highly heterogeneous across similar countries, a
phenomenon that may be explained by the different scales and benchmarks that people use …

Reduced muscle strength is an accurate predictor of functional limitations, disability, and
mortality. Hence, understanding which socio‐economic factors contribute to preserve …

I use anchoring vignettes to show that, on data for eleven European countries, exposure to
episodes of hunger in childhood leads people to adopt lower subjective standards to …

I use anchoring vignettes from Indonesia, the United States, England, and China to study the
extent to which differences in self-reported health across gender and education levels can …

We project the labor force in the United States to 2060 and contrast the outcomes with
comparative projections for Germany. In both countries, the population will age, but the …

Self-reporting of ICT knowledge and skills is commonly used in questionnaire surveys
among students and in job search situations to provide information about actual ICT …

The authors investigate how reporting heterogeneity may bias socioeconomic and
demographic disparities in self-rated general health, a widely used health indicator, and …

Collection and analysis of self-reported information on an ordered Likert scale is ubiquitous
across the social sciences. Inference from such analyses is valid where the response scale …

Aims Social scientists have postulated that the discrepancy between achievements and
expectations affects individuals' subjective well-being. Still, little has been done to qualify …

Self-ratings might not be directly comparable in socio-economic groups because of the
presence of Differential Item Functioning (DIF) across individuals: survey respondents might …