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Studies

Ferrer-i-Carbonell (2005): study DE 1992

Publication

Author(s):
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A.
Title:
Income and Well-Being: An empirical Analysis of the Comparison Income Effect.
Source:
Journal of Public Economics, 2005, Vol. 89, 997 - 1019

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public, Germany, 1992-1997
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 16000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

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
Page in publication:
1002
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.88 6.88
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Family income Change in income level Reference group income Relative to income of compatriots
Relative to income of similar people
Summed effects Summed socio-demographic factors only