Study Ponomarenko (2019): study ZZ EU 12 2006
- Public
- 50-70 aged, 12 European countries, followed 5 years into retirement, 2006/07-2011/12
- Survey name
- SHARE
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2163
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Employment status at T1
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed at: T1:Before retirement (2006/07) T2:After retirement (2011/12)
- Distribution
- N: A=212, B=262, C=351, D=1506
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- selfreported
A. Unemployed
a) Involuntary
b) Voluntary
B. Disabled/Sickness
a) Due to work
b) Other reason
C. Homemaker
a) Voluntary: due to duty as cargiver or have enough family income
b) Other reason
D. Employed (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Involuntary (vs employed) b = +.25 (ns)
- Voluntary (vs employed) b = +.12 (ns)
- Difference +.13
- Due to work (vs employed) b = +.43 (ns)
- Other reason (vs employed) b = +.18 (ns)
- Difference +.25
- Voluntary (vs employed) b = -.31 (ns)
- Other reason (vs employed) b = +.19 (ns)
- Difference -.50
b controlled for
- T1 happiness (to capture change)
- T1-T2 CHANGE in chronic condition
- T1-T2 CHANGE in household income
- T1-T2 CHANGE in became not living with partner
Effects differ accros nation
- more positive than in Germany
- Austria
- Netherlands
- France
- Switzerland
- Demark
- Spain
- Italy
- Czech Republic
- more negative than in Germany
- Belgium
- Sweden
- Poland