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Studies

Börsch-Supan & Jürgens (2006): study XZ Germany West 1984 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Börsch-Supan, A.; Jürgens, G.
Title:
Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany.
Source:
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Working Paper 12303., 2006, USA

Investigation

Public
25+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1984-2002
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Yearly

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:
Subjective well-being
Page in publication:
32

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Social security expenditures