Study Krause (2013): study DE 2007
- Public
- 16+ aged, recently fallen unemployed, Germany, 2007-2008
- Survey name
- IZA Evaluation Dataset S
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2542
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Log of unemployment benefits
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- These people have most likely no other source of income.
- Operationalization
- Logarithmic function of unemployment benefits. People in Germany are approximately 12 months entitled to unemployment benefits, but it varies because of age and duration of work in the last job. When these benefits are over, one falls back in social insurance.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Individual characteristics
a) age and age squared
b) disabled
c) marital status
d) having a partner
e) employment status spouse
f) employment status partner
g) (number of) children in household
h) education
i) migrant status
j) wage in last job
k) duration of last job
l) gender
m) reason of termination of last job
- Environmental characteristics:
n) national unemployment rate
o) region/state in Germany
- Interview-specific characteristics:
p) interview cohort
q) time between unemployment entry and