Study Abolhassani & Alessie (2013): study DE 1994
- Public
- 50-70 aged, followed 15 years, Germany, 1994-2009
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 10275
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
T1:1994 T2:1999 T3:2004 T4:2009
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Forecast error
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Difference between
A: Expected happiness:
How do you think you will feel in 5 years
B: Experienced happiness 5 years later
How satisfied are you with your life all condidered?
Computation: B -A
Observed Relation with Happiness
All -0.16 1,97
- Workers -0,02 1,89
- Unemployed -0,29 2,31
- Retired
- voluntary -0,28 2,01
- involuntary -0,31 2,16
ALL 16,9
- no change in employment
- remained employed 16,0
- remained unemployed 23,8
- remained retired
- voluntary 16,1
- involuntary 25,1
- changed in employment
- employed->retirement
- voluntary 17,7
- involuntary 30,1
- employed->unemployed 27,6
- Unemployed->retired
- voluntary 15,7
- involuntary 29,0
- unemployed->employed 18,2
Greater negative misprediction following unexpected changes in employment