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Correlational findings

Study Falco et al. (2012): study GH 2004

Public
15-60 aged, urban population, Ghana, followed 7 years, 2004-2010
Survey name
GH-UHPS 2004-2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 3216
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Civil Servants
Our Classification
Remarks
Civil: civil or public sector workers Pooled data T1 to T+4
Distribution
8.14%, N=264
Operationalization
1: Civil Servant
0: Not

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLS-c-sq-v-6-a OPRC = +.11 ns Civil Servant (vs private sector)

OPRC controled for:
- self-employed, with employee
- earnings (log)
- work conditions
  - hours-squared (log)
  - tenure (log)
  - apprentice
- personal characteristics
  - household assets
  - household head
  - married
  - sexe
  - age
  - age-squared
  - education-squared (log)
- situation
  - ethnicity (dummy)
  - city (dummy)
  - year (dummy)