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Studies

Stillman et al. (2015): study ZZ Various nation sets 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Stillman, S.; Gibson, J.; McKenzie, D.; Rohorua, H.
Title:
Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
World Development, 2015, Vol. 65, 79 - 93

Investigation

Public
18-45 aged, general public, New-Zealand and Tonga, 2005-2008
Survey name
INT-PacificI slands-NewZealand Migration Survey
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 254
Non Response
66%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How would you rate the last month of your life. Was it a happy or an unhappy time for you......?
5  very happy time
4  fairly happy time
3  happy nor unhappy
2  rather unhappy time
1  very unhappy time
Classification:
O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Own calculation
Page in publication:
5
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.08 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Migration Recent migration
Ever migrated or not
Time since migration
Change in happiness In specific periods in the past
Time since migration