Deter (2021): study DE 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Deter, M.
- Title:
- Hartz and Minds: Happiness Effects of Reforming an Employment Agency
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2021, Vol 22, 1819 - 1838
Investigation
- Public
- 18-65 aged, followed 2 years before and after social security reform, Germany 2001-2006
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 81721
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
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
- Remarks:
- Life satisfaction for
Treatment group Mean=5,63
Reference group Mean=7,11 - Page in publication:
- 9
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.63 5.63
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Effect of change in economic policy
Unemployed