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Studies

Knabe & Rätzel (2010): study DE 1999

Publication

Author(s):
Knabe, A.; Rätzel, S.
Title:
Income, Happiness, and the Disutility of Labor.
Source:
Economics Letters, 2010, Vol. 107, 77 - 79

Investigation

Public
18-65 aged working couples, Germany, followed 7 years, 1999-2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 16937
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
0  dissatisfied
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10 satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Income