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Studies

Nguyen et al. (2020): study AU 2001

Publication

Author(s):
Nguyen, H.T.; Mitrou, F.; Taylor, C.L.
Title:
Does Retirement Lead to Life Satisfaction? Causal Evidence from Fixed Effect Instrumental Variable Models
Source:
Working Paper, 2020, GLO Nr. 536, Global Labor Organization, Essen, Germany

Investigation

Public
55-75 aged adults, Australia, followed 17 years, 2001-2018
Survey name
AU-HILDA combined waves
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 7568
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life?
Again, pick a number between 0 and 10 to indicate how satisfied you are.
0  totally dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 totally satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
9, 37
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.08 -
SD:
1.52 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Retirement status