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Correlational findings

Study Grogan & Summerfield (2014): study RU 2006

Public
46-59 aged women and 51-64 aged men, Russia, followed 5 years, 2006-2011
Survey name
RU-RLMS combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 12466
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Pension eligibility
Our Classification
Remarks
Age of state pension eligibility in Russia was 55 for women and 60 for men 5 years follow-up data from 2006-2011(T1-T6),
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Reaching pension age
1 yes ( 55+ aged women, 60+ aged men)
0 no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h b-fix = -.08 p < .10 T1-T6 Happiness CHANGE by pension eligibility (vs not)
- women (aged 55+) O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h b-fix = +.00 ns - men (aged 60+)

b-fix controlled for:
- individual fixed effects
- age, age square
- survey year O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h OPRC = -.20 p < .05 T1-T6 Happiness CHANGE by pension eligibility (vs not)
- women (aged 55+) O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h OPRC = -.06 ns - men (aged 60+)

OPRC controlled for:
- local fixed effect with clustered standard errors, but not individual fixed effects
- age
- age square
- survey year