Study Hetschko (2014): study DE 1991
- Public
- 18-65 aged, general public, Germany, followed yearly, 1991-2012
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 19436
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Employment arrangement
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- N observations = a: 4739, b: 47613, c: 4015
- Operationalization
- A. self-employed
B. wage-employed: standard (reference)
a.
C. wage-employed: non-standard
Observed Relation with Happiness
wage-employed: standard M = 7,13
wage-employed: non-standard M = 7,12
M computed by WDH team from table 1
a: employer b-fix = +.17 (10)
b: no employees b-fix = +.34 (01)
c: freelancer b-fix = +.27 (05)
d: owner of a business b-fix = +.19 (01)
e: service sector b-fix = +,21 (05)
f: non-service b-fix = +.18 (05)
b-fix controled for:
- personal characteristics
- age
- marital status
- health, disability
- children in household
- financial situation
- income
- house owned
- work characteristics
- years unemployment experience
- new job
- tenure
- working hours