Study Binder & Coad (2013): study GB 1996 /1

Public

Working age people, UK, followed 10 years 1996-2006

Survey name

UK-BHPS combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 49018

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Change in employment (fixed effected analysis)

Our Classification

Distribution

A --> A   23591; A --> B  431; A --> C   522; B --> A  507;B --> B  486; B --> C  68; C --> A  421; C --> B  48; C --> C  2872

Operationalization

Employment states:
A: employed for salary
B: unemployed
C: self-employed

Changes over time:T to T+1
A --> A   remained employed for salary
A --> B   became unemployed
A --> C   became self-employed
B --> A   got (re)-employed
B --> B   remained unemployed
B --> C   became self-employed
C --> A   became employed for salary
C --> B   became unemployed
C --> C   remained self-employed

Observed Relation with Happiness