Study Hetschko (2014): study DE 1991
- Public
- 18-65 aged, general public, Germany, followed yearly, 1991-2012
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 19436
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Reason for job los
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Only Ss who became unemployed in the preceding 2 years. Average time since unemployment 1 year Changes to 'not working' after job end will be largely viluntary, changes to 'unenployment' largely involuntary
- Distribution
- N = a: 100, b: 657, c: 2125. d: 860, e: 425
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question: How did that job end?
a: ceased self-employment
b: plant closure (reference)
c: dismissed
d: end of contract
e: self resigned
Observed Relation with Happiness
at T0 Change
T-2 to T0
a: ceased self-employment 4,7 -1,4
b: plan closure 5.5 -0,9
c: dismissed 5,7 -0,7
d: end of contract 5,7 -0,7
e: self resigned 6,1 -0,4
- not working b = +.06 (ns)
- unemployment b = -.66 (01)
- stronger among new unemployed
- willing to return to work b = -.71(01)
- similar among new unemployed
- in poor health
- on welfare
- male or female
- not working b = +.56 (01)
- unemployment b = +.54 (01)
- lower among new unemployed
- willing to return to work b = +.35 (01)
- on welfare b = +.40 (01)
- similar among new unemployed
- in poor health
- male or female
- not working b = +.03 (ns)
- unemployment b = +.17 (10)
- lower among new unemployed
- willing to return to work b = +.06
- similar among new unemployed
- in poor health
- on welfare
- male or female)
- not working b = +.15 (10)
- unemployment b = +.23 (05)
- lower among new unemployed
- willing to return to work b = +.14(ns)
- similar among new unemployed
- in poor health
- on welfare
- male or female