Study Knabe & Rätzel (2010): study DE 1999
- Public:
- 18-65 aged working couples, Germany, followed 7 years, 1999-2006
- Survey name:
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 16937
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: telephone (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Income
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Log annual labor income
Observed Relation with Happiness
All coefficients based on Probit-adjusted OLS, controlled for:
- age
- own health
- spuces health
- individual fixed effects
- time fixed effects
Unaffacted by weekly working hours
(which contradicts theory that gains in happiness from higher income are balanced by costs of working time)