The academic papers listed below have been written about and/or using data collected in the Understanding America Study. When available a download link to the underlying data is provided (registration required). Authors: if your publication is not listed here yet please contact us at uas-l@mymaillists.usc.edu). Also, if you would like us to provide a link to the analysis data you used (e.g. if it is required as part of the publication process), please contact us as well.
Journal Papers
- Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, and Bart Orriens, "Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in an Internet Panel" Sociological Methods and Research January 10 (2018)
Book (chapters)
- Marcel Das, Arie Kapteyn and Michael Bosnjak, "Open Probability-Based Panel Infrastructures" Palgrave Macmillan pp 199-209 (2018)
Working Papers
- Rebecca Myerson, "Health Insurance Literacy and Health Insurance Choices: Evidence from Affordable Care Act Navigator Programs" National Bureau of Economic Research Draft version (2018)
Journal Papers
- David Huffman, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell., "Time discounting and economic decision-making in the older population" The Journal of the Economics of Ageing (2017)
- Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, M. Danish Shakeel, and Colin Hitt., "Comparing and Validating Measures of Non-cognitive Traits: Performance Task Measures and Self-Reports from a Nationally Representative Internet Panel" Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (2017)
- JoNell Strough, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, and Andrew M. Parker, "Taking the Biggest First: Age Differences in Preferences for Monetary and Hedonic Sequences" Journals of Gerontology-Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences November 15 (2017)
- Lila Rabinovich, Janice Peterson, and Barbara A. Smith, "Hispanics’ Understanding of Social Security and the Implications for Retirement Security: A Qualitative Study" Social Security Bulletin Vol. 77 No. 3 (2017)
- Peter Lynn and Annette Jäckle., "Mounting Multiple Experiments on Longitudinal Social Surveys: Design and Implementation Considerations." Understanding Society at the Institute for Social and Economic Research No. 2017-05 (2017)
- Richard Chard, David Rogofsky, and Joanne Yoong., "Wealthy or Wise: How Knowledge Influences Retirement Savings Behavior" Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences 4:3 (2017)
- Sara Constantino, "The gig is up" Nature Human Behaviour 1 (2017)
- Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Annika Wallin, Andrew M. Parker, JoNell Strough, and Janel Hanmer, "Effects of Anti-Versus Pro-Vaccine Narratives on Responses by Recipients Varying in Numeracy: A Cross-Sectional Survey-Based Experiment" Medical Decision Making May 5 (2017)
Conference Papers
- Joanne Yoong, Richard Chard, and David Rogofsky., "Using Informatics to Examine How Knowledge Influences Retirement Savings Behavior." The 8th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics. Orlando, Florida March 21 (2017)
- Laith Alattar, Jeremy Elder, and David Rogofsky., "Is Debt Good or Bad for a Comfortable Retirement? Exploring the Relationship between Consumer Debt and Retirement Preparedness." American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico April 23 (2017)
- Mirta Galesic and Wändi Bruine de Bruin, "Perceptions of social circles shape and reflect voting intentions: A longitudinal survey. " American Association for Public Opinion Research. New Orleans, LA. May 19 (2017)
- Wändi Bruine de Bruin and Mirta Galesic., "Origins of false consensus effect in win expectations for the U.S. Presidential Election 2016." 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology Granada, Spain. July 6 (2017)
- Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Annika Wallin, Andrew M. Parker, JoNell Strough, and Janel Hanmer., "Effects of pro- vs. anti-vaccine narratives on responses by recipients varying in numeracy: A cross-sectional survey-based experiment." Annual European conference of the Society for Risk Analysis Lisbon, Portugal. June 21 (2017)
Working Papers
- Alexandre Mas and Amanda Pallais., "Labor Supply and the Value of Non-Work Time: Experimental Estimates from the Field." National Bureau of Economic Research No. w23906 (2017)
- Anya Savikhin Samek., "The Association between Personality Traits and Voting in the 2016 US Presidential Election." CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2017-002 (2017)
- Gianpaolo Parise and Kim Peijnenburg., "Understanding the Determinants of Financial Outcomes and Choices: The Role of Noncognitive Abilities." HEC Paris Research Paper No. FIN-2017-1193 (2017)
- Ian Kingsbury, "Silencing the Seventh Trumpet" UARK Education Reform Working Paper 2017-23 (2017)
- Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo FP Luttmer, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Anya Samek., "Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Evidence on the Effects of Complexity and Choice Bracketing" National Bureau of Economic Research No. w24101. (2017)
- John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov, and David A. Wise., "Social Security Claiming Decisions: Survey Evidence" National Bureau of Economic Research No. w23729. (2017)
- Joshua R. Goldstein, Christos Koulovatianos, Jian Li, and Carsten Schröder., "Evaluating How Child Allowances and Daycare Subsidies A¤ect Fertility." CFS Working Paper Series No. 568. (2017)
- Leandro Carvalho and Dan Silverman., "Complexity and Sophistication." University of Munich (2017)
- Peter Lynn and Annette Jäckle., "Mounting Multiple Experiments on Longitudinal Social Surveys: Design and Implementation Considerations." Understanding Society at the Institute for Social and Economic Research No. 2017-05 (2017)
- Robert Adams, Tim Dore, Claire Greene, Tracy Mach, and Jason Premo, "U.S. Consumers’ Awareness and Use of Marketplace Lending" Current Policy Perspectives No. 17-7 (2017)
Dissertations
- Christopher Wienberg, "Demographic Bias Correction for Social Media Data" University of Southern California Dissertation (2017)
- Ines Schaurer., "Recruitment strategies for a probability-based online panel: Effects of interview length, question sensitivity, incentives and interviewers" University of Mannheim Dissertation (2017)
Journal Papers
- John Romley, Prodyumna Goutam, and Neeraj Sood., "National Survey Indicates that Individual Vaccination Decisions Respond Positively to Community Vaccination Rates" PLoS ONE 11.11 (2016)
Conference Papers
- Anya Savikhin Samek, "The Association between Personality Traits and Voting Intentions in the 2016 Presidential Election" The Evidence Base September 23 (2016)
- Richard Chard, David Rogofsky, and Joanne Yoong., "Wealthy or Wise: Social Security Knowledge, Retirement Savings Behavior and the Earned Income Tax Credit." The American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2 (2016)
- Richard Chard, David Rogofsky, and Joanne Yoong., "Wealthy or Wise: Social Security Knowledge, Retirement Savings Behavior and the Earned Income Tax Credit." The Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois April 7 (2016)
- Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Annika Wallin, Andrew M. Parker, JoNell Strough, and Janel Hanmer., "Effects of pro- vs. anti-vaccine narratives on responses by recipients varying in numeracy." Annual European conference of the Society for Medical Decision Making London, UK. June 13 (2016)
Working Papers
- Albert Cheng, Gema Zamarro, and Bart Orriens., "Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in Panel Data: An Analysis of an Internet-based Survey." UARK Education Reform Working Paper No. 2016-12. (2016)
- David Huffman, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell., "Time Discounting and Economic Decision-making Among the Elderly." NBER Working Paper No. 22438 (2016)
- Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, M. Danish Shakeel, and Colin Hitt., "Comparing and Validating Measures of Character Skills: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample." UARK Education Reform Working Paper No. 2016-08 (2016)
- Rabinovich, L., et al., "Preparing for Retirement, Social Security Literacy and Information preferences among Hispanics: A Qualitative Study" CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper Series No. 2016-012 (2016)
- Scott Schuh and Oz Shy., "US Consumers’ Adoption and Use of Bitcoin and other Virtual Currencies." Working Paper (2016)
Dissertations
- Aleksandr Sinayev., "Dual-System Theories of Decision Making: Analytic Approaches and Empirical Tests." Ohio State University Dissertation (2016)
Journal Papers
- Aleksandr Sinayev and Ellen Peters, "Cognitive Reflection vs. Calculation in Decision Making." Frontiers in Psychology 6 (2015)
- Ron D. Hays, Liu Honghu, and Arie Kapteyn, "Use of Internet panels to conduct surveys." Behavior Research Methods 1-6 (2015)
Working Papers
- Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, and Joshua Tasoff, "The Role of Time Preferences and Exponential-Growth Bias in Retirement Savings." National Bureau of Economic Research No. w21482 (2015)
- Jay P. Greene and Cari A. Bogulski., "The Effect of Public and Private Schooling on Anti-Semitism" UARK Education Reform Working Paper No. 2015-010 (2015)
- Joanne Yoong, Lila Rabinovich, and Saw Htay Wah, "What Do People Know About Social Security?" CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-022 (2015)
