Study Koch et al. (2005): study DE 2002
- Public
- 18-65 aged, on low wage or on social security, Germany, 2002-2003
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2568
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Employment status, social assistance
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Low wage workers receive 2/3 of the median wage
- Distribution
- N = Aa: 2288, Ab: 27, B: 153, C: 100
- Operationalization
- A Employed full time
a: low wage workers, no social assistance
b: receiving social assistance
B Unemployed receiving social assistance
C Out of labor force receiving social assistance
Observed Relation with Happiness
Ab: Employed, assistance M=6,74 SD=1,48
B: Unemployed, assistance M=5,27 SD=1.81
C: Out of labor,assistance M=5,61 SD=1,97
B's controlled for:
- Net household income
- Net household income per head
- Gender
- Nationality (German, not German)
- Age
- Age squared
- Years of education in school and occupation
- Living together with a partner
- Satisfaction with health
- Level of being unfit for work activity
- Region (West, East)
- Year (2002, 2003)
Robust OLS. Ordered Probit analysis yiels similar result