Categorie: LISS panel

Assessing long-term memory function is crucial for diagnosis and treatment in a wide range of clinical cases, including the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. In order to effectively assess memory abnormalities in clinical populations, it is crucial to collect normative data from a representative sample of individuals in the Netherlands. This project uses a newly…

While it is nowadays well established that both “nature” and “nurture” are important determinants of child development, people differ in their beliefs about the relative importance of genetic and environmental influences. In this project, we study how these beliefs shape parenting. Given the significant impact of parental investments on children’s outcomes later in life, the…

Smartphone usage has significantly increased in the Netherlands, with the population owning a smartphone rising from 80% in 2017 to 91% in 2022. On average, we spend nearly three hours per day on our smartphones. The growing integration of smartphones into daily life raises concerns about the potential for smartphone “addiction”, where individuals become anxious…

The Netherlands has the highest rates of part-time work in Europe, with 63% of women and 23% of men working part-time. While part-time work may enhance work-life balance, it also increases the risk of poverty in retirement. This gender gap raises questions about whether it is driven by internalized societal norms around household responsibilities beyond…

Identity cleavages increasingly drive political outcomes, including the distribution of income and wealth. At the heart of this are people’s preferences regarding the distribution of income. Recent studies show that in order to understand what drives such preferences, a crucial role is reserved for identity. National identity is especially important, since it affects the acceptance…

When is a religious expression acceptable, and when is it intolerable? With religious diversity being increasingly a topic of debate in Western European societies, it becomes important to study where the public draws this boundary. This study uses a factorial survey experiment in the Netherlands asking respondents to judge if a religious speaker should be…

The KNMI warns the Netherlands in case of extreme weather, such as a heavy storm, so that we can take precautions. These warnings consist of colour codes, such as “code red” for a severe storm that will cause many problems. These codes are now issued per province. That makes the map simple but is also…

Economic narratives—stories explaining economic phenomena—are gaining interest among economists, with research showing they impact beliefs, attention, and behaviours more than factual information. While inequality remains a salient societal issue, competing narratives about its causes coexist within society. The project investigates the causal impact of inequality narratives on policy preferences. In our experiment, respondents are presented…