Study Guven (2009b): study DE 1984
- Public:
- 18+ aged, households' heads, Germany, 1984-2006
- Survey name:
- DE-SOEP
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 21000
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: paper
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Investment behavior
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on multiple questions:
A: "Do you own stocks or bonds?"
B: "Do you have savings accounts?"
C: "Do you have operating assets?"
D: "Do you have life insurance?"
Rated as:
1: Yes
0: No
Observed Relation with Happiness
Owning stocks or bonds
Owning stocks and bonds
Instrument for happiness:
- regional yearly cloud cover average
Bs controlled for:
- Personal characteristics
- labor force status
- marital status
- health status
- income
- number of children
- household size
- age
- race
- state
- year fixed effects