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Studies

Apouey et al. (2018): study AU 2001

Publication

Author(s):
Apouey, B.; Guven, C.; Senik, C.
Title:
Retirement and Unexpected Health Shocks
Source:
Working Paper, 2018, Paris School of Economics, Nr. 2017-59, Paris, France

Investigation

Public
50-74 aged, Australia, followed before and after retirement, 2001-2014.
Survey name
AU-HILDA combined waves
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 8154
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
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7
8
9
10 totally satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Remarks:
males mean: 7.95
females mean: 8.01

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Health shock: Unexpected change self-assessed health Better health than expected Gender Sexe: male (vs female)