Study Danzer & Danzer (2016): study UA 2003
- Public
- Elderly followed 5 years before and after reaching pension age, Ukraine, 2003-2007
- Survey name
- UA-Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 4927
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- pension age
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- T1-T2: 2003-2004 before pension age, before reform T3: 2007 after pension age, after reform Pensions increased substantially after reform in September 2004
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1: Above pension eligibility age
0: Below pension eligibility age
Pension age: women 55, men 60
Observed Relation with Happiness
pension pension
Before reform 2.35 2.15 -.20
After reform 2.79 2.77 -.02
- difference -.18
Pre-pension dip in happiness disappeared after reform.
Beta(additional control for gender) and Beta-fix controlled for:
- post reform
- individual characteristics
- age
- chronic disease
- marital status
- years of schooling
- household characteristics
- household size
- had children
- income of household members
- interaction pension aged x post reform
- personal income (log)
Pre-reform pre-pension dip was apparently caused by low income