Nguyen et al. (2020): study AU 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Nguyen, H.T.; Mitrou, F.; Taylor, C.L.
- Title:
- Does Retirement Lead to Life Satisfaction? Causal Evidence from Fixed Effect Instrumental Variable Models
- Source:
- Working Paper, 2020, GLO Nr. 536, Global Labor Organization, Essen, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 55-75 aged adults, Australia, followed 17 years, 2001-2018
- Survey name
- AU-HILDA combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 7568
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life?
Again, pick a number between 0 and 10 to indicate how satisfied you are.
0 totally dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 totally satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 9, 37
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.08 -
- SD:
- 1.52 -
Correlational Findings
Never married (vs formerly married: widowed + divorced+ separated)
Time trend of happiness in educational categories
Vocational education
Number of children in the household
Build environment
Satisfaction with neighborhood