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Studies

Luttmer (2005): study US 1987

Publication

Author(s):
Luttmer, E.F.
Title:
Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being.
Source:
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 963-1002

Investigation

Public
19+ aged couples, United States, followed 6 years, 1987-1994
Survey name
US-NSFH combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 8944
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Next are some questions about how you see yourself and your life. Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days?
1  very unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7  very happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b
Page in publication:
973
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.34 -
SD:
1.38 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Ln puma earnings Income level in vicinity ln household income Change in income level ln value of home Specific possessions
Cost of housing
renter House owned or rented ln usual working hours Hours work employment Current employment status age Current age (in years) race Ethnic status in the USA household size Number of persons in household years of education Years schooling religion Current religious denomination metropolian area population Size of urban setting nonmetropolian area Size of urban setting fraction 'black' in neighbourhood Social homogeneity in vicinity
Ethnic diversity in vicinity
R-squared Summed socio-demographic + environmental factors