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Two wave survey on voters' opinions: before and after the Dutch parliamentary elections of 1989. Systematic analysis of change in political opinions and behaviour of the Dutch electorate. Pre-election wave: reading of newspapers / tv newscast exposure / most important national problems / party identification and membership / evaluation of government policy on economic situation, labour market, personal income situation / political issues ( perception of main parties standpoint, own stand ): abortion, nuclear plants, differences in income / voting in last European Parliament elections / voting in last national election / coalition preference / opinion on cleaning pollution / sympathy rating of parties and leading politicians / party identification of parents / Post-election wave, additional variables: voting behaviour / time of vote decision / voting stability / political issues ( perception of main parties stand, own stand ): euthanasia, NATO nuclear arms on Dutch territory / expectations regarding own income situation, general prosperity and influence of coalition on that / prevalence of reduction of unemployment versus reduction of government debts / knowledge of, opinions on leading politicians / left, right rating of political parties / sense of political efficacy / civic competence, participation / party campaign activities / membership of and participation in extra-parliamentary organizations / influence of religion / pillarization - compartmentalization / confessionalism / secularism / self centredness / importance of national political goals /sympathy rating of politicians Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership.

Three wave survey on voters' opinions:
before, between and after the Dutch parliamentary elections of 15 May 2002 and 22
January 2003. Political interest and communication/ most important
national problem/ party adherence/ party membership/ government policy
satisfaction/ vote intention Second Chamber 2002/ perception of poll results/
political (position) issues: euthanasia/ political (position) issues: income
differences/ political (position) issues: asylum seekers/ political (position)
issues: crime/ opinion representation/ left-right self-rating/ previous voting
behavior/ sympathy scores for political parties/ sympathy scores for politicians/
political knowledge: photo questions/ coalation preference before elections
2002/ party preference father/ party preference mother/ composition of
household/ composition of household: income/ background characteristics of
respondent: social and economic variables/ background characteristics of
respondent: religion/ social class/ background characteristics of partner:
social and economic variables/ background characteristics of partner: religion/
background characteristics of breadwinner: social and economic variables/
interview information/ resignation Purple cabinet/ murder of Pim Fortuyn/
interest and activities in campaign/ voting behavior Second Chamber 2002/
influence on turnout/ number of seats after election/ (post) materialist
values/ social participation/ trust in (political) instutions/ sympathy scores
for political parties/ sympathy score for politicians/ political (position)
issues: nuclear/ political (position) issues: ethnic minorities/ political
(position) issues: european unification/ satisfaction with democracy/ faith in
prospective Prime Ministers/ external political efficacy/ internal political
efficacy/ political cynism/ social isolation/ probability of future vote for
various parties/ civic competence and civic political participation/
confessional attitude/ progressive-conservative/ party choice if elections were
held tomorrow/ resignation Balkende cabinet/ political interest/ importance/
political communication/ most important national problem/ national symbols/
crime punishment/ voting behavior Second Chamber 2003/ democratic reform/
coalition preference after elections 2003

The aim of this survey is to screen for the panel members who have experience in personnel decisions.

In December 2016, panel members within the age range 25-65 who work in paid employment, were asked whether they have experience in decisions concerning hiring new personnel. Part of the panel members who gave us a positive answer were invited to take part in the pre-test for a vignette experiment on labor market discrimination in March 2017. Another part was invited to complete the test in June 2017.

In this study, we focus on factors underlying the concept of well-being, in particular the extent to which well-being is affected by social comparison processes. Previous studies have looked at how well-being can be predicted by people’s relative position, for instance with respect to income or health, within an objectively defined population distribution. It may be that people’s well-being might be better predicted by the subjective, rather than by the objective distributions of properties such as income or health. We intend to investigate this.