Study Galatzer-Levy et al. (2010): study DE 1984

Public

21-60 aged unemployed, before and after jobloss, Germany, 1984-2003

Survey name

DE-SOEP combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 774

Non Response

30-40%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Annual interviews at 8 waves of data ( 3 waves pre-event, 1 wave year of event, 4 waves post-event). Subjects were organized around a 'floating baseline' method where subjects' data was centered on the year of unemployment.

Correlate

Authors's Label

National unemployment rate

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Same year: national s.e.= .05; regional s.e.= .03 Unemployment rate year before unemployment: national: s.e.=.02; regional s.e.=.02

Operationalization

Unemployment rate around jobloss in:
a: nation (Germany)
b: region (Land in Germany)

Observed Relation with Happiness