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Studies

Gülal & Adam (2018): study DE 2012

Publication

Author(s):
Gülal, F.; Adam, A.
Title:
The Impact of Minimum Wages on Well-Being: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Germany.
Source:
Working Paper, 2018, SOEP 969, German Socio-Economic Panel, DIW, Berlin, Germany

Investigation

Public
18-65 aged working people, Germany followed 4 years 2014-2016
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2944
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
additional information

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  totally unsatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
10
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.19 -
SD:
1.64 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Introduction of minimum wage in Germany