Study Montizaan (2010): study NL 2008

Public

Male public sector workers, close to pre-retirement, age, facing change in pension rights, Netherlands, 2008-2009

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 5195

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
received a survey link by email

Correlate

Authors's Label

Closeness to shock in pension rights

Our Classification

Remarks

Early retirement was made less atractive - earliest age changed from 55 to 62 - average pension reduced from 70% to 60% of earlier income Reform decided in 2006, Happiness assessed in 2008 (T1) and 2009 (T2) when respondents had not yet retired

Operationalization

Distance in days between birthday and Januariy 1, cut-off point of being affected by cut in pre-pension reights or not.
A  Born in 1949, will not be affected
     Closeness to December 31
B  Born in 1950, will be affected
     Closeness to January 1

The closer, the more good/bad luck

Observed Relation with Happiness