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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Income Personal income
Income of spouse Weekly working hours Work hours
Time spend on work Age Current age (in years) Health Physical health of spouse
Global health self-rating