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Correlational findings

Study Ponomarenko (2016): study ZZ EU 13 2006

Public
50+ aged, 13 European countries, 2006/07
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 8098
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of inactivity episodes
Our Classification
Remarks
The employment history from the Job Episodes Panel (JEP), which was transformed from SHARELIFE data
Related specification variables
Operationalization
selfreported number of non-work periods

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b = - ns Men                            b = -.05 (ns)
- socio-democratic nations     b = -.04 (ns)
- conservative nations         b = -.06 (10)
- southern nations             b = +.02 (ns)
- Post-transitional nations    b = -.03 (ns)
Women                          b = -.01 (ns)
- socio-democratic nations     b = -.04 (ns)
- conservative nations         b = -.06 (10)
- southern nations             b = +.02 (ns)
- Post-transitional nations    b = -.03 (ns)

b controlled for
- employment history
  - number of unemployment episodes
  - number of part-time episodes
  - average length of inactivity episodes
  - average length of unemployment episodes
  - average length of part-time episodes
  - age at first job
  - age at last job
- current situation
  - age, age squared
  - living with a partner
  - number of children
  - education
  - birth cohort
  - physical limitation
  - log pension income
  - nation

Sociodemocratic welfare states such as Sweden and Denmark, universalistic coverage of social security and early expansion of the service sector allow flexible careers.

Conservative welfare regimes are Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France.

Southern welfare states, like Italy, Greece and Spain are paired with a strong employment protection, which creates an insider/outsider system.

Post-transitional nations include the Central and Eastern European nations since they undergo a transformation diverging from a unifying socialism to different market economies in 1990s