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Correlational findings

Study Fischer (2009b): study ZZ OECD member states 1997

Public
Adults, general public, 30 OECD countries, 1997-2001
Sample
Respondents
N = 45000
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Labour market mobility (income mobility)
Our Classification
Remarks
Intergenerational earnings elasticity is based on the theoretical framework by Becker and Tomes (1979). Data availlable for only 12 of the nations in this sample.
Distribution
Australia: -.162  Canada: -.19 Denmark: -0.15 Finland: -.18 France: -.41 Germany: -.32  Italy: -.48  Norway: -.17 Spain: -.32 Sweden: -.27 United Kingdom: -.50 United States: -.47
Operationalization
Intergerational earnings elasticity: Dependency of one's own life-time income to parental income based on a farther-son comparison.

Value 0 denotes no dependency between between parent and child outcomes, value -1 denotes complete dependency between parent and child outcomes.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.75 s AVERAGE income mobility by AVERAGE happiness in 12 nations